Fleming Quotes

“I doubt that Fleming could have obtained a grant for the discovery of penicillin on that basis [a requirement for highly detailed research plans] because he could not have said, 'I propose to have an accident in a culture so that it will be spoiled by a mould falling on it, and I propose to recognize the possibility of extracting an antibiotic from this mould.”
― Hans Selye, From Dream to Discovery: On Being a Scientist

“When No Man Pursueth"
"...why I Love Ben Bova. He let me name the hero Fleming Ayniss-- that's why!”
― Spider Robinson, Antinomy