The ideas I had about supernatural beings came to me the same way that my mathematical ideas did. So I took them seriously. John Forbes Nash, Jr. More Quotes by John Forbes Nash, Jr. More Quotes From John Forbes Nash, Jr. To some extent, people who are insane are nonconformists, and society and their family wish they would live what appear to be useful lives. John Forbes Nash, Jr. livefamilysocietypeople There are things that tend to moderate with age. Schizophrenia is somewhat like that. John Forbes Nash, Jr. thingslikeschizophreniaage I know that if I could really understand mental illness, then it would be appropriate to make a big career shift. I would become a therapist and a leader in terms of mental illness. But I'm not in the position. John Forbes Nash, Jr. careerunderstandknowleader As a graduate student I studied mathematics fairly broadly, and I was fortunate enough, besides developing the idea which led to 'Non-Cooperative Games,' also to make a nice discovery relating to manifolds and real algebraic varieties. John Forbes Nash, Jr. mathematicsnicerealenough I went to M.I.T. in the summer of 1951 as a 'C.L.E. Moore Instructor.' I had been an instructor at Princeton for one year after obtaining my degree in 1950. It seemed desirable more for personal and social reasons than academic ones to accept the higher-paying instructorship at M.I.T. John Forbes Nash, Jr. personalyearacceptsummer
