Quotes
Authors
Alexander Fleming

"It has been demonstrated that a species of penicillium produces in culture a very powerful antibacterial substance which affects different bacteria in different degrees. Generally speaking it may be said that the least sensitive bacteria are the Gram-negative bacilli, and the most susceptible are the pyogenic cocci ... In addition to its possible use in the treatment of bacterial infections penicillin is certainly useful... for its power of inhibiting unwanted microbes in bacterial cultures so that penicillin insensitive bacteria can readily be isolated."

-- Alexander Fleming

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“Of all the many memoirs by former Soviet officials, Palazchenko's is among the best written and also the most objective. Even his descriptions of U.S. policy are more accurate and judicious than those of some American scholars.”
“I thought, writing is everything, it's so much more important than this or that. If only I could give that young man a stern talking to. Having a child changes things quite a bit.”
“You're just looking for the thing that makes this scene sort of imperative, why you have to know what changes by the end of the scene so you're really looking to find the essence of it.”
“When we destroy something crated by man we call it vandalism but when we destroy something by nature we call it progress.”
“I`m pretty sure there is no such thing as God,”

Source : Hendrik Hertzberg (2005). “Politics: Observations and Arguments, 1966-2004”, p.148, Penguin
“Savages!' he echoed, ironically. 'You set foot on one of the shores of this globe, professor, and youâ€™re surprised to find savages? Where arenâ€™t there savages? Besides, are they any worse than others, these whom you call savages?”
“Nothing comes from nothing, Thieflet; no story comes from nowhere; new stories are born from old--it is the new combinations that make them new.”
“If you think you are only strong if you can lift a certain number, whatever that number is, you will feel pretty weak most of the time. Strength is not a data point; itâ€™s not a number. Itâ€™s an attitude.”

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