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> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-brenner/the-most-important-thing-today-is-for-young-people-to-take/)

[Sydney Brenner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-brenner/)

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## More by Sydney Brenner

> [I lived at home and I cycled every morning to the railway station to travel by train to Johannesburg followed by a walk to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-brenner/i-lived-at-home-and-i-cycled-every-morning-to-the-railway-station-to/)

[Sydney Brenner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-brenner/)

> [I also became interested in chemistry and gradually accumulated enough test tubes and other glassware to do chemical experiments, using small quantities of chemicals…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-brenner/i-also-became-interested-in-chemistry-and-gradually-accumulated/)

[Sydney Brenner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-brenner/)

> [The thing I'm most interested in is the nervous system. How do brains grow? How do genes build complicated nervous systems?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-brenner/the-thing-i-m-most-interested-in-is-the-nervous-system-how-do-brains/)

[Sydney Brenner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-brenner/)

> [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-brenner/i-sometimes-say-i-am-the-extinguished-professor-because-what-i-d/)

[Sydney Brenner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-brenner/)

> [Living most of the time in a world created mostly in one's head, does not make for an easy passage in the real world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-brenner/living-most-of-the-time-in-a-world-created-mostly-in-one-s-head-does/)

[Sydney Brenner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-brenner/)

> [In 1995, I founded The Molecular Sciences Institute with a gift from the Philip Morris Company where I hoped that we could create an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-brenner/in-1995-i-founded-the-molecular-sciences-institute-with-a-gift-from/)

[Sydney Brenner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-brenner/)

> [There was still food rationing in England and life was difficult all through my 2 year stay in Oxford.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-brenner/there-was-still-food-rationing-in-england-and-life-was-difficult-all/)

[Sydney Brenner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-brenner/)

> [I went in with Jack and Leslie, into this room that was lined with brick, and there on the side I can remember very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-brenner/i-went-in-with-jack-and-leslie-into-this-room-that-was-lined-with/)

[Sydney Brenner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-brenner/)

> [The modern computer hovers between the obsolescent and the nonexistent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-brenner/the-modern-computer-hovers-between-the-obsolescent-and-the-nonexistent/)

[Sydney Brenner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-brenner/)

> [There's no exploration anymore, except in a very few places.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-brenner/there-s-no-exploration-anymore-except-in-a-very-few-places/)

[Sydney Brenner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-brenner/)

> [Innovation comes only from an assault on the unknown.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-brenner/innovation-comes-only-from-an-assault-on-the-unknown/)

[Sydney Brenner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-brenner/)

> [“During this time (at high school) I discovered the Public Library... It was here that I found a source of knowledge and the means…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-brenner/during-this-time-at-high-school-i-discovered-the-public-library-it/)

[Sydney Brenner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-brenner/the-most-important-thing-today-is-for-young-people-to-take/)

[Sydney Brenner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-brenner/)

> [Progress in science depends on new techniques, new discoveries and new ideas, probably in that order.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-brenner/progress-in-science-depends-on-new-techniques-new-discoveries-and-new/)

[Sydney Brenner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-brenner/)

> [Have you tried neuroxing papers? It.'s a very easy and cheap process. You hold the page in front of your eyes and you let…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-brenner/have-you-tried-neuroxing-papers-it-s-a-very-easy-and-cheap-process/)

[Sydney Brenner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-brenner/)

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