Catalysts Chemistry Quotes & Sayings

Polymer chemistry provides an excellent means of studying metathesis catalysts: miniscule catalyst loadings have the capacity to generate large amounts of polymeric material, the structure of which can provide a historical record of catalyst activity. — Robert H. Grubbs

He bit his lip, struggling to make words out of the war waging itself in his chest.
"I don't know what this makes me," he managed at last.
Hook laughed, not unkindly. "It makes you whatever you want it to make you. — Austin Chant

You've really got to keep on improving and improving and improving. It still involves work. It's not like you get to a point, and then you're good and that's it. — Patty Schemel

Lofty peaks of ambition remain to be conquered. With inner strength and fortitude. And a positive attitude, above all. — Rashmi Bansal

The waves most washed me off the raft sometimes, — Mark Twain

They wrapped themselves in animal skins and furs which Ford Prefect acquired by a technique he once learned from a couple of ex-Pralite monks running a mind-surfing resort in the Hills of Hunian. — Douglas Adams

When I was young I pitied the old. Now old, it is the young I pity. — Jean Rostand

My retirement, back in 1976, began as a one-year boycott to challenge the media on that question. I refused to return until the media, and radio stations in particular, got a hold on identifiably Canadian songs. — Stompin' Tom Connors

How mighty, how great the One must be, I thought, to send the heavens careening, and yet hear the cry of a single heart. — Tosca Lee

When I first started running, I was so embarrassed I'd walk when cars passed me. I'd pretend I was looking at the flowers! — Joan Benoit

I suggested that my patron goddess should take sensual pleasure, though I didn't put it quite in those terms. — Steven Brust

At the heart of vulnerability lies the willingness of people to abandon their pride and their fear, to sacrifice their egos for the collective good of the team. While this can be a little threatening and uncomfortable at first, ultimately it becomes liberating for people who are tired of spending time and energy overthinking their actions and managing interpersonal politics at work. — Patrick Lencioni

The whole point of crying was to quit before you cornied it up. The whole point of grief itself was to cut it out while it was still honest, while it still meant something. Because the thing was so easily corrupted, let yourself go and you started embellishing your own sobs. — Richard Yates

She backed away, looking at him, his shirt hiked up, his crotch exposed. She could think only of a campfire, one small log, all of it doused in milk. — Dave Eggers

If Bill Finger created Batman, where is Bill Finger's byline on my strip? It is conspicuous by its absence. — Bob Kane