Surgeons always underestimate the pain and disability involved in what they do to people. — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
I don't like being a celebrity, really... Some people get greater praise than they deserve because they have had exposure in the… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
I think scientific arrogance really does give a great degree of distrust. I think people begin to think that scientists like to… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
Whether you're religious or not, there is a real need for other people's religious positions to be treated with the upmost respect. — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
Some people, both scientists and religious people, deal with uncertainty by being certain. That is dangerous in the fundamentalists and it is… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
Now we have technology where we can modify the genomics of individuals by gene transfer and genetic meddling, we may find that… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
I used to work for the World Health Organisation in poor countries all over the world - Bangladesh, Korea, the Philippines and… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
I don't much like being a public figure, because so often how people appear is not how they really are, and I… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
We are more dependent on science and engineering than at any other time in history. However, there is plenty of evidence that… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
Scientists need to be prepared to engage, and the best people to engage with are students, ideally from primary school because there's… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
We give antibiotics to people when they're dying or when they're not well; that's acting God. I mean, acting God is using… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
I've been all over the world on my own because, as a scientist, you travel a great deal if your work is… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
It's extraordinary to think that if you walked into a room and said you had never heard of Hamlet, you would be… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
I actually don't mind whether people can choose the sex of the baby - in fact humans have been trying to do… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
The disturbed individual who believes himself to be Christ, or to receive messages from God, is something of a cliche in our… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
People think I appear on television to promote my image. That's not fair. I hate filming. I turned down 'Strictly Come Dancing.'… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
IVF is very commercial. The people doing it are among the best-paid in medicine: they charge a lot per treatment and it's… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
I'm a traditional Jew with an orthodox background, and it informs much of my approach to science. Of course I think it's… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
Although religion might be useful in developing a solid moral framework - and enforcing it - we can quite easily develop moral intuitions without… — Robert Winston Copy Share
I don't much like being a public figure, because so often how people appear is not how they really are, and I think one… — Robert Winston Copy Share
Women of child-bearing age steadily run out of eggs by the continuous process of cell death. While reading a copy of the 'Guardian' carefully… — Robert Winston Copy Share
Of course it is a very simple matter to identify genes which might modify intelligence or memory and start thinking about whether you want… — Robert Winston Copy Share
Following 25 children for the TV series 'Child of Our Time' has been extraordinary. The BBC's original plan was to commemorate the new millennium.… — Robert Winston Copy Share
I don't believe in regretting - one should try to move on. My mum was good at that. She was deeply in love with… — Robert Winston Copy Share
I don't think you can impose limits on science because the very nature of homo sapiens is that he - she - is an… — Robert Winston Copy Share
When I look in the mirror, I am slightly reminded of self-portraits by Durer and by Rembrandt, because they both show a degree of… — Robert Winston Copy Share
Surgeons always underestimate the pain and disability involved in what they do to people. — Robert Winston Copy Share
Carbon dioxide is unusual because it doesn't go through the usual three phases of matter, from solid to liquid to gas, but it goes… — Robert Winston Copy Share
However you define God, and whether you believe in God or not, the world we live in has been shaped by the universal human… — Robert Winston Copy Share
I remember eating in school in the years after the Second World War. Most of my friends had miserable portions of Spam with an… — Robert Winston Copy Share
As parents, can we counter the effect of television violence? One worrying feature in Britain is that so many TV sets are in a… — Robert Winston Copy Share
I'm a traditional Jew with an orthodox background, and it informs much of my approach to science. Of course I think it's very important… — Robert Winston Copy Share
Robots may cut down on infection and mean a consultant can see more patients, but wouldn't you rather meet the doctor than a machine? — Robert Winston Copy Share
