What more powerful form of study of mankind could there be than to read our own instruction book? — Francis Collins Copy Share Image
By investigating God's majestic and awesome creation, science can actually be a means of worship. — Francis Collins Copy Share Image
God is most certainly not threatened by science; He made it all possible. — Francis Collins Copy Share Image
As a scientist, you're not supposed to make decisions without the data. — Francis Collins Copy Share Image
By committing the scientific method to religious claims you're committing a logical fallacy — Francis Collins Copy Share Image
Scientists must venture outside their comfort zones to show the public how cool - and how important - their work really is. — Francis Collins Copy Share Image
I trained initially as a physical chemist, and then, after becoming interested in biology, I went to medical school and learned how… — Francis Collins Copy Share Image
[Locating, from scratch, the gene related to a disease is like] trying to find a burned-out light bulb in a house located… — Francis Collins Copy Share Image
Science's domain is the natural. If you want to understand the natural world and be sure you're not misleading yourself, science is… — Francis Collins Copy Share Image
As you kind of get over the anxiety about [science and evolution], it actually adds to your sense of awe about this… — Francis Collins Copy Share Image
When does life begin? When does the soul enter? That's a religious question. Science is not going to be able to help… — Francis Collins Copy Share Image
What wakes me up at night is this next generation and what's happening to them. And they're invariably excited about the science… — Francis Collins Copy Share Image
The problem [with genetic research] is, we're just starting down this path, feeling our way in the dark. We have a small… — Francis Collins Copy Share Image
It's not like you're closing the old doors and that investigators working away in a laboratories on a unique hypothesis are no… — Francis Collins Copy Share Image
I took biology in high school and didn't like it at all. It was focused on memorization. ... I didn't appreciate that… — Francis Collins Copy Share Image
I actually do not believe that there are any collisions between what I believe as a Christian, and what I know and… — Francis Collins Copy Share Image
Are we using science in ways that it wasn't intended to, in which case we should be a little careful, or are… — Francis Collins Copy Share Image
When I discover something about the human genome, I experience a sense of awe at the mystery of life, and say to… — Francis Collins Copy Share Image
I'm enormously interested to see where neuroscience can take us in understanding these complexities of the human brain and how it works,… — Francis Collins Copy Share Image
When you make a breakthrough it is a moment of scientific exhilaration because you have been on this search and seem to… — Francis Collins Copy Share Image
It is certainly true in the United States that there is an uneasiness about certain aspects of science, particularly evolution, because it… — Francis Collins Copy Share Image
As a Christian, but also as a scientist responsible for overseeing the Human Genome Project, one of my concerns has been the… — Francis Collins Copy Share Image
[Decoding the human genome sequence] is the most significant undertaking that we have mounted so far in an organized way in all… — Francis Collins Copy Share Image
Science is...a powerful way, indeed - to study the natural world. Science is not particularly effective...in making commentary about the supernatural world.… — Francis Collins Copy Share Image
A lot of science doesn't require big "ns" but if you're trying to understand something about human health and you're looking at… — Francis Collins Copy Share Image
The shelves of many evangelicals are full of books that point out the flaws in evolution, discuss it only as a theory, and almost… — Francis Collins Copy Share
[Decoding the human genome sequence] is the most significant undertaking that we have mounted so far in an organized way in all of science.… — Francis Collins Copy Share
By committing the scientific method to religious claims you're committing a logical fallacy — Francis Collins Copy Share
All illnesses have some heredity contribution. It's been said that genetics loads the gun and environment pulls the trigger. — Francis Collins Copy Share
As you kind of get over the anxiety about [science and evolution], it actually adds to your sense of awe about this amazing universe… — Francis Collins Copy Share
Successful weight management really means a permanent change in lifestyle - and success in this arena provides that person with a great opportunity to… — Francis Collins Copy Share
I trained initially as a physical chemist, and then, after becoming interested in biology, I went to medical school and learned how to be… — Francis Collins Copy Share
I think there are people who's lives have been saved because of the study of the genome. — Francis Collins Copy Share
I finished up my graduate degree in quantum mechanics, but underwent a bit of a personal crisis, recognizing that I didn't want to do… — Francis Collins Copy Share
One must dig deeply into opposing points of view in order to know whether your own position remains defensible. Iron sharpens iron. — Francis Collins Copy Share
Genes are effectively one-dimensional. If you write down the sequence of A, C, G and T, that's kind of what you need to know… — Francis Collins Copy Share
By investigating God's majestic and awesome creation, science can actually be a means of worship. — Francis Collins Copy Share
Science is...a powerful way, indeed - to study the natural world. Science is not particularly effective...in making commentary about the supernatural world. Both worlds,… — Francis Collins Copy Share
I became an atheist because, as a graduate student studying quantum physics, life seemed to be reducible to second-order differential equations. Mathematics, chemistry and… — Francis Collins Copy Share
We give our kids vaccinations. That's a biological enhancement that's considered not just acceptable but actually admirable. — Francis Collins Copy Share
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