Alexander Fleming quotes

Alexander Fleming was a Scottish biologist and pharmacologist, renowned for discovering the antibiotic penicillin. His breakthrough laid the foundation for modern antibiotics and transformed medicine worldwide. He became one of the most influential scientists of the 20th century. Here are 6 of his quotes:

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 enterprise, thought, and perception of an individual. (Alexander Fleming)
One sometimes finds what one is not looking for. View quote
Alexander Fleming
I have been trying to point out that in our lives chance may have an astonishing influence and, if I may offer advice to the young laboratory worker, it would be this-never neglect an extraordinary appearance or happening. It may be-usually is, in fact-a false alarm that leads to nothing, but may on the other hand be the clue provided by fate to lead you to some important advance. View quote
Alexander Fleming
When I woke up just after dawn on September 28, 1928, I certainly didn't plan to revolutionize all medicine by discovering the world's first antibiotic, or bacteria killer, ... But I guess that was exactly what I did. View quote
Alexander Fleming
How fortunate we didn't have these animal tests in the 1940s, for penicillin would probably not have been granted a licence, and possibly the whole field of antibiotics might never have been realised. View quote
Alexander Fleming
I have been trying to point out that in our lives chance may have an astonishing influence and, if I may offer advice to the young laboratory worker, it would be this - never to neglect an extraordinary appearance or happening. View quote
Alexander Fleming