This paper of yours is so lightly written that you must have sweated terribly.

Knowledge is a sacred cow, and my problem will be how we can milk her while keeping clear of her horns.

I called it ignose, not knowing which carbohydrate it was. This name was turned down by my editor. 'God-nose' was not more successful, so in the end 'hexuronic acid' was agreed upon. To-day the substance is called 'ascorbic acid' and I will use this name.

"This celebration here tells me that this work is not hopeless. I thank you for this teaching with all my heart and lift my glass to human solidarity, to the ultimate victory of knowledge, peace, good-will and understanding."

Research is four things: brains with which to think, eyes with which to see, machines with which to measure and, fourth, money.

Whatever a man does he must do first in his mind.

Investigations during the last few decades have brought hydrogen instead of carbon, and instead of CO2 water, the mother of all life, into the foreground.