"The department of chemistry [at Harvard] seemed to me to be rather uncooperative in that the different professors ran their own little groups...I just thought that I wouldn't feel at home there...."

"I have always liked working in some directions that people say, 'Well, that's ridiculous.'"

"A good scientist thinks logically and accurately when conditions call for logical and accurate thinking—but so does any other good worker when he has a sufficient number of well-founded facts to serve…"

"I believe that the proper dose of vitamin C is 10 grams per day, and that it should be taken in divided doses throughout the day."

"I believe that the human spirit is indomitable, and that we can overcome any challenge if we set our minds to it."