"I have always felt that I understood a phenomenon only to the extent that I could visualise it. Much of the charm organic chemical research has for me derives from structural formulae. When reading chemical journals, I look for formulae first."

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Source : Donald J. Cram (1990). “From Design to Discover :”, Amer Chemical Society

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“No night so wild but brings the constant sun With love and power untold; No time so dark but through its woof there run Some blessed threads of gold.”

Source : Christopher Pearse Cranch (1875). “The Bird and the Bell: With Other Poems”, p.238
“Health care is not a privilege. It's a right. It's a right as fundamental as civil rights. It's a right as fundamental as giving every child a chance to get a public education.”
“I think there's an ongoing effort involved in trying to get a bigger perspective, trying to let go of things that limit your capacity to love and be loved or your capacity to hear and to really speak.”
“In making portraits, I refuse to photograph myself as do so many photographers. My style is the style of the people I photograph.”
“Anything really well-made has the effect of making you want to do what you do-better. Abrams has always made very beautiful books. It's exciting to see this same excellence applied to the presentation of comics. Abrams ComicArts shows comics are stepping out of vaudeville and into Carnegie Hall-but the Marx Brothers will always be welcome!”
“Our lives are based on what is reasonable and common sense; Truth is apt to be neither.”

Source : Christmas Humphreys (2003). “Teach Yourself Zen”, Teach Yourself
“Go a little easier on yourself, and in so doing, be prepared to make and do things that might seem silly at first. Just keep moving: don't ruminate and stare at the wall. Don't just play with your phone: go out and produce something.”
“If you don't stand for something, how can anyone respect what you do?”

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