Who Discovered Penicillin Quotes & Sayings

In 1928, Scottish scientist Alexander Fleming found that a mysterious antibacterial fungus had grown on a petri dish he'd forgotten to cover in his laboratory: he discovered penicillin by accident. Scientists have sought to harness the power of chance ever since. Modern drug discovery aims to amplify Fleming's serendipitous circumstances a millionfold: pharmaceutical companies search through combinations of molecular compounds at random, hoping to find a hit. — Peter Thiel

Some chefs go crazy with one restaurant, and if I had 20, I would go nuts. — Eric Ripert

The wind is the moon's imagination wandering. — Saul Williams

I grew up in Northern California, so the hippies were still around. My father and mother were very Republican, very strait-laced and very uptight, but my uncles were hippies. — Grant Show

I've heard drug experts say they believe if penicillin were discovered today, the FDA wouldn't license it. — Ronald Reagan

I have never discovered a penicillin, and I have not worked in the mines where ores of the more Nobeliferous metals are to be found. — Robert Robinson

Marriage: a souvenir of love. — Helen Rowland

Many are called but few get up. — Oliver Herford

To be always giving, is to encourage a forcible taking when you refuse to give. — Publilius Syrus