Alfred Nobel : (3) " The first time I saw nitroglycerine was in the beginning of the Crimean War. Professor Zinin in St. Petersburg exhibited some to my father and me, and struck some on an anvil to show that only the part touched by the hammer exploded without spreading. " - Alfred Nobel " A heart can no more be forced to love than a stomach can be forced to digest food by persuasion. " - Alfred Nobel " Home is where I work, and I work everywhere. " - Alfred Nobel