It's like The Mold in Dr. Florey's Coat, about the discovery of penicillin. Out of these strange accidents come huge discoveries. A… — Carly Simon Copy Share Image
If even one new drug of the stature of penicillin or digitalis has been unjustifiably banished to a company's back shelf because… — William Wardell Copy Share Image
It was astonishing that for some considerable distance around the mould growth the staphococcal colonies were undergoing lysis. What had formerly been… — Alexander Fleming Copy Share Image
“commented on the future of antibiotic drugs. Perhaps, Fleming mused, a time would come when anyone with real or perceived illness could… — Anne E. Maczulak Copy Share Image
Perhaps the most useful lesson which has come out of the work on penicillin has been the demonstration that success in this… — Howard Florey Copy Share Image
In Ali change creation faith growth hope humor life living Muhammad Ali transformation wonder If they can make penicillin out of moldy… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
The only reason we don't notice how absolutely interwoven our thinking processes have become with older technologies - pencils, paper, electric light,… — Clive Thompson Copy Share Image
I had fallen in love with a young man..., and we were planning to get married. And then he died of subacute… — Gertrude B. Elion Copy Share Image
I have been trying to point out that in our lives chance may have an astonishing influence and, if I may offer… — Alexander Fleming Copy Share Image
... we ought to have saints' days to commemorate the great discoveries which have been made for all mankind, and perhaps for… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Go back to the '30s, '40s, '50s, and it was the discovery of heroic interventions, the ability to cure people with penicillin… — Atul Gawande Copy Share Image
The genius of Man in our time has gone into jet-propulsion, atom-splitting, penicillin-curing, etc. There is none left over for works of… — Malcolm Muggeridge Copy Share Image
