Hope Jahren : (5)

" I think my job is to leave some evidence for future generations that there was somebody who cared while we were destroying everything. " - Hope Jahren

" My earliest memories are being in the lab, and the way the cement felt and the way it smelled, and the way the countertops looked and it just being this wonderful, warm, happy place where it was just full of toys. " - Hope Jahren

" I think, as you move to the upper ranks of science – ranks being positions of influence and access – you see fewer female faces. And I think the basic reason is the same reason that you don’t see a lot of female faces in Congress or on the Supreme Court or on the directing board of Fortune 500 companies. " - Hope Jahren

" I am a scientist. To be specific, I am a woman scientist. This, I have been told and have come to believe, is a good thing. In fact, it is such a good thing that America needs more of us. Everyone seems to be very sure of this. The thing that no one is sure about, however, is how to make it happen. " - Hope Jahren

" My laboratory is like a church because it is where I figure out what I believe. " - Hope Jahren