Sydney Brenner : (2)

" I sometimes say I am the extinguished professor, because what I’d really like to be is the postdoc, to have that kind of thinking. I think one can get very set in his ways with titles like ‘distinguished professor.’ " - Sydney Brenner

" The most important thing today is for young people to take responsibility, to actually know how to formulate an idea and how to work on it. Not to buy into the so-called apprenticeship. " - Sydney Brenner