Robert Winston

When I grew up, we didn't have a TV, and I think more families today have ambitions of getting out of their…

— Robert Winston

It is time my colleagues got real. All British universities doing worthwhile research use animals, and, instead of hiding, they should be…

— Robert Winston

The trouble with climate change is it's an extraordinarily diverse and complex issue, but for example if the BBC would let me…

— Robert Winston

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

Neuroscience is now a very important research area in biology. We are now understanding a lot more about brains in babies, as…

— Robert Winston

We are more dependent on science and engineering than at any other time in history. However, there is plenty of evidence that…

— Robert Winston

We must not fail to recognise that television can be a hugely positive influence in children's lives, one of the greatest educators…

— Robert Winston

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

Much as I like and admire Richard Dawkins, I do think that to call a book 'The God Delusion' is very worrying…

— Robert Winston

While nobody has identified any gene for religion, there are certainly some candidate genes that may influence human personality and confer a…

— Robert Winston

Of course it is a very simple matter to identify genes which might modify intelligence or memory and start thinking about whether…

— Robert Winston

No matter what I've published - and you can look it up, I've published quite a lot in science, quite a few…

— Robert Winston

I don't believe in regretting - one should try to move on. My mum was good at that. She was deeply in…

— Robert Winston

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

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

I think humans have always wrestled with the Divine Idea - an idea that unites and separates, creates and destroys, consoles and…

— Robert Winston

It is possible that strong levels of belief in God, gods, spirits or the supernatural might have given our ancestors considerable comforts…

— Robert Winston

I was born with my moustache and, no, I've never been tempted to shave it off. I don't spend a lot of…

— Robert Winston

I went to school with butterflies of fear every day for years - from primary school onwards - not just worried about…

— Robert Winston

You can't be judgmental about babies. They are all have different needs. I was left with an enduring hatred of cheese because…

— Robert Winston

Man is a competitive creature, and the seeds of conflict are built deep into our genes. We fought each other on the…

— Robert Winston

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

In reality, both religion and science are expressions of man's uncertainty. Perhaps the paradox is that certainty, whether it be in science…

— Robert Winston

However you define God, and whether you believe in God or not, the world we live in has been shaped by the…

— Robert Winston

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

Over the past 20 years, I have presented many science programmes on BBC1. But none is, I think, more socially important, or…

— Robert Winston

I do not know of any credible evidence that suggests Dr. Zavos can clone a human being. This seems to be yet…

— Robert Winston

Religion has endured since the dawn of human consciousness precisely because it encompasses so much of being human. No idea has endured…

— Robert Winston

Far too many scientists, including my good friend Richard Dawkins, present science as the truth and present it as factually correct. And…

— Robert Winston

I don't think you can impose limits on science because the very nature of homo sapiens is that he - she -…

— Robert Winston

We live longer and healthier lives than ever before. Animal research has improved the treatment of infections, helped with immunisation, improved cancer…

— Robert Winston

I think that good parenting should allow children to be children. That naivety and slightly open way of looking at the world…

— Robert Winston

I actually don't mind whether people can choose the sex of the baby - in fact humans have been trying to do…

— Robert Winston

The disturbed individual who believes himself to be Christ, or to receive messages from God, is something of a cliche in our…

— Robert Winston

I think it's important for scientists to be a bit less arrogant, a bit more humble, recognising we are capable of making…

— Robert Winston

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

I think scientific arrogance really does give a great degree of distrust. I think people begin to think that scientists like to…

— Robert Winston

I don't like seeing myself on television and I don't enjoy filming. What I actually enjoy is thinking about how I am…

— Robert Winston

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

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