- Alex: [about Herbert Montrose] He wrote a book about you. I just read it. I didn't know about you and Catherine the Great...
- Max Merlin: She wasn't so great...
- Max Merlin: I have a 162 books on chemistry alone. In one of them, you might find something interesting to write about.
- Zac Rogers: What's so bad about turning lead into gold? Then everyone will be rich.
- Max Merlin: And gold would be worthless. The finacial world would be in chaos.