Penicillin sat on a shelf for ten years while I was called a quack.

The unprepared mind cannot see the outstretched hand of opportunity.

Penicillin cures, but wine makes people happy.

One sometimes finds what one is not looking for.

Nature makes penicillin; I just found it.

It is the lone worker who makes the first advance in a subject: the details may be worked out by a team, but the prime idea is due to the enterprise, thought, and perception of an individual.

(The discovery of penicillin) was a triumph of accident, a fortunate occurrence which happened while I was working on a purely academic bacteriological problem.

Suggested remedy for the common cold: A good gulp of whiskey at bedtime-it's not very scientific, but it helps.

If penicillin can cure those that are ill, Spanish sherry can bring the dead back to life.

So if you see Ten Years After, it's not me anymore. I'm very happy with what I am doing now.

A lot of so-called rich, according to this legislation, make $250,000. That's a lot of money, but it is not rich.

You have to [go outside your comfort zone]. Andy Warhol said 'say yes to everything'.

In the end, punk inevitably burned itself out and acted as a bridge across which the New Romantics could sashay in their chiffon and glossy hair.

Nurture the spontaneous peaceful life.

I intend to do all I can to both keep America safe, and keep America special.

I look into my heart and see the abyss looking back at me.' 'I won't let you fall.

Any time you do physical stuff, violence, it is controlled. It's a little bit like you block the move.

Homosexuality is a mental disorder that can be cured through counselling.

[Oppose] with manly firmness [any] invasions on the rights of the people.