Chemistry Quote by Wolfgang Ketterle

At the age of 12, my parents gave me a chemistry set for Christmas, and experimentation soon became a consuming passion in my life.

— John Vane

I became almost immediately fascinated by the possibilities of trying out all conceivable reactions with them, some leading to explosions, others to unbearable poisoning…

— Richard Ernst

Like thousands of other boys, I had a little chemical laboratory in our cellar and think that some of our friends thought me a…

— Linus Pauling

I started doing experiments - mostly in organic chemistry, because it was so much more interesting - in my mother's laundry at home.

— John Cornforth

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

— Geoffrey Wilkinson

I was good in biology, but I did very badly in chemistry, and my parents were horrified by that.

— Andrew Sean Greer

My mom was a chemistry teacher.

— Shriya Saran

I did some chemistry testing - which is one of my favourite things. You go and flirt and see who you fancy and then…

— Charlotte Hope

I wanted to understand the secrets behind my chemical experiments and behind the processes in nature.

— Richard Ernst

I also became interested in chemistry and gradually accumulated enough test tubes and other glassware to do chemical experiments, using small quantities of chemicals…

— Sydney Brenner

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

— Patricia Cornwell

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