Facts about Mary Leakey

Occup.Scientist
FromUnited Kingdom
BornFebruary 6, 1913
DiedDecember 9, 1996
Aged83 years

Summary

Mary Leakey was a famous Scientist from United Kingdom, who lived between February 6, 1913 and December 9, 1996. He/she became 83 years old.

Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac aquarius, who is known for Knowledge, Humanitarian, Serious, Insightful, Duplicitous. Our collection contains 9 quotes who is written / told by Mary.

9 Famous quotes by Mary Leakey

Small: The first money I ever earned was for drawing stone tools
"The first money I ever earned was for drawing stone tools"
Small: She stops, pauses, turns to the left to glance at some possible threat or irregularity, and then contin
"She stops, pauses, turns to the left to glance at some possible threat or irregularity, and then continues to the north. This motion, so intensely human, transcends time"
Small: I dug things up. I was curious. I liked to draw what I found
"I dug things up. I was curious. I liked to draw what I found"
Small: Basically, I have been compelled by curiosity
"Basically, I have been compelled by curiosity"
Small: Now this really is something to put on the mantelpiece
"Now this really is something to put on the mantelpiece"
Small: Id rather be in a tent than in a house
"I'd rather be in a tent than in a house"
Small: I had never passed a single school exam, and clearly never would
"I had never passed a single school exam, and clearly never would"
Small: No amounts of stone and bone could yield the kinds of information that the paintings gave so freely
"No amounts of stone and bone could yield the kinds of information that the paintings gave so freely"
Small: I never felt interpretation was my job
"I never felt interpretation was my job"