"Do not let your special talents in chemistry, your love for chemistry, keep you from developing your talents in other fields. Do not let yourself be a narrow specialist."

"The most important thing in life is to be happy, and to make others happy."

"The human body can make a number of substances, but it cannot make vitamin C."

"Never put your trust into anything but your own intellect. Your elder, no matter whether he has gray hair or has lost his hair, no matter whether he is a Nobel laureate — may be wrong. The world progr…"

"The only difference between a good idea and a bad idea is that a good idea works."