Author: Katherine Johnson

Quotes

I had a very, very interesting childhood, but, oh my, education was the primary focus in our family.

I had a very, very interesting childhood, but, oh my, education was the primary focus in our family.

- Katherine Johnson

Girls are capable of doing everything men are capable of doing. Sometimes they have more imagination than men.

Girls are capable of doing everything men are capable of doing. Sometimes they have more imagination than men.

- Katherine Johnson

Many professors tell you that you'd be good at this or that, but they don't always help you with that career path.

Many professors tell you that you'd be good at this or that, but they don't always help you with that career path.

- Katherine Johnson

I was just excited to have challenging work to do and smart people to work with.

I was just excited to have challenging work to do and smart people to work with.

- Katherine Johnson

I'm always interested in learning something new.

I'm always interested in learning something new.

- Katherine Johnson

Go see 'Hidden Figures,' and take a young person! It will give a more positive outlook on what is possible if you work hard, do your best, and are prepared.

Go see 'Hidden Figures,' and take a young person! It will give a more positive outlook on what is possible if you work hard, do your best, and are prepared.

- Katherine Johnson

Like what you do, and then you will do your best.

Like what you do, and then you will do your best.

- Katherine Johnson

I felt most proud on the success of the Apollo mission.

I felt most proud on the success of the Apollo mission.

- Katherine Johnson

We needed to be assertive as women in those days - assertive and aggressive - and the degree to which we had to be that way depended on where you were. I had to be.

We needed to be assertive as women in those days - assertive and aggressive - and the degree to which we had to be that way depended on where you were. I had to be.

- Katherine Johnson

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