That’s what alchemists do. They show that, when we strive…

Perfect alchemists I keep who can transmute substances without end, and thus the corner of my garden is an inexhaustible treasure-chest. Here you can…

— Henry David Thoreau

“The old stars-and-moons act was a good way to farm the unduly trusting. But the need to raise money in the first place seemed…

— Neal Stephenson

The alchemists in their search for gold discovered many other things of greater value.

— Arthur Schopenhauer

When alchemists first learned how to distill spirits, they called it aqua vitae, the water of life, and far from considering it the work…

— Gene Logsdon

I thought Alchemists avoided alcohol the same way they do primary colors.

— Richelle Mead

The alchemists spent years in their laboratories, observing the fire that purified the metals. They spent so much time close to the fire that…

— Paulo Coelho

“By and large, the only skill the alchemists of Ankh-Morpork had discovered so far was the ability to turn gold into less gold.”

— Terry Pratchett

“And what went wrong when other alchemists tried to make gold and were unable to do so?" "They were looking only for gold his…

— Paulo Coelho

“We wait, starving for moments of high magic to inspire us, but life is full of common enchantment waiting for our alchemists eyes to…

— Jacob Nordby

Why does it have to be so cut-and-dried? In your view, I either have to hate them or be in league with them. There’s…

— Richelle Mead

“Codebreakers are linguistic alchemists, a mystical tribe attempting to conjure sensible words out of meaningless symbols.”

— Simon Singh

We have achieved two of the three alchemists' dreams: We have transmuted the elements and learned to fly. Immortality is next.

— Max More

“With or without our knowledge, we are all alchemists.”

— Eric Micha'el Leventhal

Hey, have you ever heard of the Alchemists? " "Sure, " he said. "Of course you have. " "Why? Did you run into them?…

— Richelle Mead

Alchemists turned into chemists when they stopped keeping secrets.

— Eric S. Raymond