Eric Allin Cornell Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Conversely, I came to realize that being good at something is hardly a reason to avoid doing it.”

“I was born in Palo Alto, California in 1961.”

“I was partly old-fashioned and partly modern.”

“Just before my final year of high school, my brother, sister and I moved with my mother to San Francisco.”

“Most of my teachers probably found I made less trouble if they let me read.”

“The 1970s, the decade of my teenage years, was a transitional period in American youth culture.”

“With every passing year, BEC proves that it still has surprises left for us.”

“Between rounds of speed chess I read enough of a programming manual to teach myself to write programs on the school's DEC mainframe in the language Basic.”

“I certainly remember building model rockets. It was fun to watch the rocket blast into the air, suspenseful to wonder if the parachute would open to bring the rocket safely back.”

“My head was always bubbling over with facts and it seems to me this had little to do with my paying close attention in school and more to do with my voracious and omnivorous reading habits.”