19th century Quote by Richard Ernst

My interest in chemistry was started by reading Robert Kennedy Duncan's popular books while a high school student in Des Moines, Iowa, so that…

— Wallace Carothers

I am a passionate reader, having been tutored very early by my mother. I avidly devoured all books on chemistry that I could find.…

— Richard J. Roberts

I read science books, chemistry books, history books. I read that stuff for fun.

— Rick Harrison

To retain my fascination with chemistry, I have had to change my research fields about every 10 years.

— Donald Cram

The people who taught really knew their stuff. My chemistry teacher, Frank Wade, was actually a chemist. I was so lucky in a number…

— Kurt Vonnegut

“During this time (at high school) I discovered the Public Library... It was here that I found a source of knowledge and the means…

— Sydney Brenner

I was a chemistry major, but I'm always winding up as a teacher in English departments, so I've brought scientific thinking to literature. There's…

— Kurt Vonnegut

I dropped chemistry. I practically blew up the lab in college.

— Patricia Cornwell

My first introduction to chemistry came at a quite early age through my mother's elder brother.

— Geoffrey Wilkinson

I spent my life in the library reading books.

— Michael Caine

I had a great chemistry teacher and found it really interesting to learn how things are made up and how they work.

— Kelli Berglund

My mom was a chemistry teacher.

— Shriya Saran