It is commonly said that a teacher fails if he has not been surpassed by his students.

- Edmond H. Fischer

We owe our success to them, and also to the fact that, as the saying goes, two "Eds" are better than one.

- Edmond H. Fischer

There is no escaping the fact that, even in a great career, sometimes the best advances happen through luck, chance and accident.

- Edmond H. Fischer