Gene Brown Quotes

United States, Professor
1926 – August, 4, 2017.

Gene Monte Brown was a Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He joined the department in 1954 and served as its head from 1977 to 1985. He served as the Dean of Science at MIT from 1985 to 1991. He is notable for his interest in and commitment to undergraduate education, and taught the department's biochemistry course for over 50 years.

Foolproof systems to not take into account the ingenuity of fools.

Gene Brown
Accept good advice gracefully - as long as it doesn't interfere with what you intended to do in the first place.

Gene Brown
- Place
- Accept
- Interfere

The toughest thing about raising kids is convincing them that you have seniority.

Gene Brown
The trouble with making intelligent suggestions is that you're apt to be appointed to carry them out.

Gene Brown
If there were any justice in this world, people would occasionally be permitted to fly over pigeons.

Gene Brown
The annoying thing about being modest is that you can't brag about it.

Gene Brown
- Annoying
- Modest
- Brag
The really tough thing about humility is you can't brag about it.

Gene Brown
- Humility
- Tough
- Brag
The bridges that you cross before you come to them are over rivers that aren't there.

Gene Brown
- Before
- Rivers
- Bridges

The key to getting ahead is setting aside 8 hours a day for work and 8 hours a day for sleep - and making sure they're not the same hours.

Gene Brown
- Sleep
- Hours
- Setting
One good thing about being young is that you're not experienced enough to know what can't be done.

Gene Brown
- Done
- Enough
- Young