Gregor Mendel — "I have found more pleasure in counting peas than in counting coins."

"Thus, on the average, among four plants two have the hybrid trait Aa, one the parental trait A, and the other the parental trait a. Therefore, 2Aa+ A +a or A + 2Aa + a is the empirical simple series f…"

"The value and utility of any experiment are determined by the fitness of the material to the purpose for which it is used."

"The garden is my kingdom, and the pea plants are my subjects."

"You should regard the numerical expressions as being only empirical, because they can not be proved rational."

"The experiments described were begun in 1856. The plants were grown in the garden of the monastery."