Emil Fischer Quotes

#1. Emil Fischer represents a symbol of Germany's greatness.

Carl Dietrich Harries

#2. First I would like to wash Bunsen, and then I would like to kiss him because he is such a charming man.

(Remark by the wife of Emil Fischer, upon meeting Bunsen for the first time, perhaps noticing a lasting chemical odour from his work.)

Agnes Fischer

#3. Once a molecule is asymmetric, its extension proceeds also in an asymmetrical sense. This concept completely eliminates the difference between natural and artificial synthesis. The advance of science has removed the last chemical hiding place for the once so highly esteemed vis vitalis.

Hermann Emil Fischer

#4. The foremost calling of the human brain is to script a safe, secure, and joyous future for a person.

Kilroy J. Oldster

#5. Were you to read the British press today, you would learn that the British Empire never forgets its defeats.

Robert Trout

#6. It's typical of people to keep seeking answers they can't handle yet. Questions are easy. Everyone's got many. Answers are hard, and usually unlikable.

Cameron Jace

#7. Telling a story is like sowing a seed - you always hope to see it become a beautiful tree, with firm roots and branches that soar up in the sky. But it is a peculiar sowing, for you will never know whether your seed sprouts or dies.

Laila Lalami

#8. Entrepreneurs say in an economic boom it's actually hard to build a company because everybody's too excited and there is too much money funding too many marginal companies.

Marc Andreessen