Author: Katherine Johnson

Quotes

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

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

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

Everything was so new - the whole idea of going into space was new and daring. There were no textbooks, so we had to write them.

Everything was so new - the whole idea of going into space was new and daring. There were no textbooks, so we had to write them.

- Katherine Johnson

I don't have a feeling of inferiority. Never had. I'm as good as anybody, but no better.

I don't have a feeling of inferiority. Never had. I'm as good as anybody, but no better.

- Katherine Johnson

I'm always interested in learning something new.

I'm always interested in learning something new.

- Katherine Johnson

I like to learn. That's an art and a science.

I like to learn. That's an art and a science.

- 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

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