Chemistry Quotes

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Whereas the chemico-chemists always find in industry a beautiful field of gold-laden soil, the physico-chemists stand somewhat farther off, especially those who seek only the… — Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff
Beadle believed that genetics were inseparable from chemistry-more precisely, biochemistry. They were, he said, "two doors leading to the same room." — Warren Weaver
For it is not cell nuclei, not even individual chromosomes, but certain parts of certain chromosomes from certain cells that must be isolated and collected… — Theodor Boveri
In the natural sciences, and particularly in chemistry, generalities must come after the detailed knowledge of each fact and not before it. — Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac
The question whether atoms exist or not... belongs rather to metaphysics. In chemistry we have only to decide whether the assumption of atoms is an… — August Kekule
The theoretical side of physical chemistry is and will probably remain the dominant one; it is by this peculiarity that it has exerted such a… — Svante Arrhenius
The cell, this elementary keystone of living nature, is far from being a peculiar chemical giant molecule or even a living protein and as such… — Oscar Hertwig
In chemistry, our theories are crutches; to show that they are valid, they must be used to walk... A theory established with the help of… — Jean-Baptiste Dumas
Religion ends and philosophy begins, just as alchemy ends and chemistry begins, and astrology ends and astronomy begins. — Richard Dawkins
To my mind, the theory of [evolution] does not stand up at all. If living matter is not, then, caused by the interplay of atoms,… — Henry Lipson
When love and discipline come together you have great chemistry. — Rick Pitino
When you care about a guy beyond just the field, that's when the chemistry becomes really special. — Drew Brees
I don't care how intelligent or attractive someone is, if he zaps your energy, he isn't for you. True chemistry is more than intellectual compatibility.… — Judith Orloff
Carbon dioxide pollution is transforming the chemistry of the ocean, rapidly making the water more acidic. In decades, rising ocean acidity may challenge life on… — Sigourney Weaver
Now we see evolutionary trends in a variety of areas ranging from atomic and molecular physics through fluid mechanics, chemistry and biology to large scale… — Ilya Prigogine
Human use of fossil fuels is altering the chemistry of the atmosphere; oceans are polluted and depleted of fish; 80 per cent of Earth's forests… — David Suzuki
The real negotiation is between humans on the one hand and chemistry and physics on the other. And chemistry and physics, unfortunately, don't bargain. — Bill McKibben
Without God the economy is only economy, nature is nothing more than a deposit of material, the family only a contract, life nothing more than… — Giampaolo Crepaldi
Chemistry ceases to improve when one element is found from which all others are deductible. Physics ceases to progress when one force is found of… — Swami Vivekananda
Fulfilling the four needs [spiritual, mental, physical, social] in an integrated way is like combining elements in chemistry. When we reach a "critical mass" of… — Stephen Covey

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