Chemist Quotes

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Mendeleev, unlike the squeamish Meyer, had balls enough to predict that new elements would be dug up. Look harder, you chemists and geologists, he seemed… — Sam Kean
One began to hear it said that World War I was the chemists' war, World War II was the physicists' war, World War III (may… — Philip J. Davis
This is alchemy, and this is the office of Vulcan; he is the apothecary and chemist of the medicine. — Paracelsus
It does not seem, however, that organic chemists were much worried about barriers to rotation in organic molecules in general at that time because there… — Derek Barton
Many will, no doubt, prefer to retain old unsystematic names as far as possible, but it is easy to see that the desire to avoid… — Henry Edward Armstrong
Proverbs accordingly are somewhat analogous to those medical Formulas which, being in frequent use, are kept ready-made-up in the chemistsâ€™ shops, and which often save… — Richard Whately
Most geometricians, chemists, mathematicians, and great scientists submit religion to reason only to discover a problem as unsolvable as that of squaring a circle. — Honore de Balzac
I spend five times more money at a chemist shop than I would at a fashion boutique. Clothes shopping is optional for me; shopping at… — Kajol
The delicate and intricate pattern of competition and cooperation in the economic behavior of the hundreds of thousands of citizens of Stockholm offers a challenge… — George Stigler
From early childhood, I was interested in understanding how the world worked, and assumed I would be some kind of physical scientist or chemist. But… — Stephen LaBerge
Most research into life's murky origin has been carried out by chemists. They've tried a variety of approaches in their attempts to recreate the first… — Paul Davies
Maybe I was young and 'cute' (after all, I was only twenty then), but I've learned over the years that when you put white lab… — Gertrude B. Elion
I thought I would be an organic chemist. I went off to university, and when I couldn't understand the chemistry lectures I decided that I… — Peter Carey
[When questioned on his longevity] First of all, I selected my ancestors very wisely. ... They were long-lived, healthy people. Then, as a chemist, I… — Joel Henry Hildebrand
I trained initially as a physical chemist, and then, after becoming interested in biology, I went to medical school and learned how to be a… — Francis Collins
England and all civilised nations stand in deadly peril of not having enough to eat. As mouths multiply, food resources dwindle. Land is a limited… — William Crookes
When you talk to young girls these days about their role modles, very few mention a chemist like Madame Curie or an astrophysicist and astronaut… — W. Ann Reynolds
If any spiritualistic medium can do stunts, there is no more need for special conditions than there is for a chemist to turn down lights,… — Charles Fort
My father is a chemist, my mother was a homemaker. My parents instilled in us the feeling that learning was the most exciting thing that… — Rita Dove
Let's keep the chemists over here and the food over here, that's my feeling. What do I know? But that is a big aspect of… — Greg Kinnear

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