Theodore William Richards

"In my experience, assistants who are not carefully superintended may be worse than none …The less brilliant ones often fail to understand the force of one’s suggestions, and the more brilliant ones often strike out on blind paths of their own if not carefully watched."

- Theodore William Richards

"[P]atience, patience, patience! Only by persistent, unremitting labor can a lasting outcome be reached."

- Theodore William Richards

"[L]et us hope that yet finer means of research and yet deeper chemical knowledge may make possible further improvements, yielding for mankind a more profound and far-reaching knowledge of the secrets of the wonderful Universe in which our lot is cast."

- Theodore William Richards