"You can't get too personal with molecules."
"The positive sign is very seductive on this oxygen."
"Why would anyone choose to spend 8 hours a day with a group of people going through the worst part of their lives? Why would anyone be a sixth grade teacher?"
"Carbons are floating away here..."
"By that time, you will have developed that cynical attitude which so characterizes second semester sophomores."
"I like these wavy lines, so I'll draw them every chance I get."
"The next time they hand out the Nobel Prize, you can say 'I knew him.'"
"Lovebirds look like clowns. But lovebirds killed our baby cockatails. I've always been afraid of clowns."
"Some days I'd like to teach Exercise Science, so I could work out and call that research. I guess I can always mix drinks and call that 'organic synthesis.'"
"The more skin, the more attraction."
"I had data, but I threw it away."
"Why are you measuring? This is orgo lab!"
"I think this lecture will be over your heads [projector flashes onto ceiling]"
"Why go to a Civil War reenactment? Don't you already know who won?"
"I set my foot on fire when I took orgo lab. The worst part is I didn't even realize it was on fire for about 5 minutes."
"This brings us to collision theory! A reaction with catalysts is like an arranged marriage... the parents force the two people together and keep them together until they react."
"I am the custodian of truth."
"Not only do I have to kill trees for your papers, but now I have to kill them twice!"
"My name is Bond.... Single Bond."
"I love that TV show. Actually, I love Jaime. No, really, they have good stories. But I guess that's what they say about Playboy, too."
"What can we do with alcohol?"
"He's the guy who made 'hydroboration' a household word... at least in my household."
"I'm a bigger draw than the Spice Girls!"
"The main purpose of this assignment is to keep you off the streets."
"This heater won't turn off. It's like those cheap motel heaters that you can't turn off. But how would I know about cheap motel heaters?"
"I'm afraid of teenagers, so I won't go back into that room until they're gone."
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