Chemistry Quotes

Organic chemistry is the chemistry of carbon compounds, but it is also the art of constructing molecules from simple atoms.

The discovery of crystalline enzymes has revolutionized our understanding of biological catalysis.

The preservation of fodder is not merely a technical achievement, but a cornerstone of agricultural sustainability.

The bile acids represent a fascinating bridge between the animal kingdom and the world of organic synthesis.

The fermentation process, once thought to require living cells, proceeds just as vigorously in the absence of life.

The polarograph is a very sensitive instrument, capable of detecting even minute quantities of substances.

The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'

The virus is a nucleoprotein, a molecule, and yet it has the property of life. This discovery bridges the gap between the living and the non-living.

I have been told that I was attempting the impossible, but I have always been a little deaf to such advice.

The use of radioactive isotopes as tracers has opened up entirely new fields of research in chemistry, biology, and medicine.

The chlorophylls are the most important pigments in the plant world, and their investigation has been a lifelong task for me.

The atomic weight of an element is one of its most fundamental properties, and its accurate determination is of paramount importance to chemistry.

We were not looking for uranium fission, but for transuranic elements.

The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'

The synthesis of macromolecules is a field of research that is still in its infancy, but it is a field that holds great promise for the future.

The synthesis of natural products is the highest goal of organic chemistry.

All things are poison, and nothing is without poison; only the dose makes it so a thing is not a poison.

The greatest discovery of all is to find that the world is not as we thought it was.

In no other branch of science is the gap between the laboratory and the factory so wide as in chemistry.

The ribosome is not just a molecular machine; it is the very architect of life itself.