“You know I’m not. I can’t look at you without liking you. I think you must give your employees some sort of doped drink to make them like you.”
“Marvin, you’ve got the courage of your convictions, but you don’t know much about the real world. I tell you colleges ain’t practical.”
“And I tell you, Mr. Ferry, that a research laboratory does the best work when it’s right in the heart of a university.”
“Well, we’re getting off the track a little bit. The chemist who looked up your chemical record for me said you’d been wasting your time on lead.”
“He’s welcome to his opinion.”
“What interests you in lead?”
“A good many things. One of them is the weight.”
“Ain’t that known?”
“Lead is averaged at 207.2, but it ranges as low as 206.”
“What makes it vary?”