Leadership Quote by Kate Williams

The strongest poison ever known came from Caesar's laurel crown.

— William Blake

“Sulphuric acid was added to vinegar for extra sharpness, chalk to milk, turpentine to gin. Arsenite of copper was used to make vegetables greener…

— Bill Bryson

“She pinched her nose against the stench as I squirted oil of vitriol around the door. Vaporous tendrils curled from the seams. "What is…

— Rick Riordan

“I’ve got enough to run it through LCMS. I’ll get an idea of what this is, finally.” Liquid chromatography mass spectrometry had failed them…

— J.T. Ellison

The same chemicals were used in the cooking as were used on the composition of her own being: only those which caused the most…

— Anais Nin

She was poison in a pretty bottle.

— Rachel Caine

As we cleared the passage we found mixed with the rubble broken potsherds, jar seals, and numerous fragments of small objects; water skins lying…

— Howard Carter

“In the words of the Renaissance physicist and occultist Paracelsus, 'Sola dosis facit venenum', which means the dose makes the poison. Even oxygen and…

— Luke Gracias

“A CLEAN CAULDRON KEEPS POTIONS FROM BECOMING POISONS and ANTIDOTES ARE ANTI-DON'TS UNLESS APPROVED BY A QUALIFIED HEALER.”

— J.K. Rowling

“Back in medieval times, " I said, "we used oil of vitriol for its healing properties. No doubt that's why Commodus had some in…

— Rick Riordan

“SOPHIE’S VINAIGRETTE Combine puréed garlic, dill weed, dried oregano, dried pepper flakes, Dijon mustard, sugar, salt, pepper, and grated Parmesan cheese with one part…

— Jason Matthews

Tobacco, coffee, alcohol, hashish, prussic acid, strychnine, are weak dilutions. The surest poison is time.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson