"Life... is a relationship between molecules."

"I'm just a simple chemist."

"The scientific method is a never-ending process of observation, hypothesis, experiment, and revision."

"Well, I thought, that's nice of the old guy to say that, but I'm a little skeptical myself. And as the years went by, I thought, I don't do the sort of work for which Nobel Prizes are given."

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