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 Copy Share Image
My father died when I was nine, but I came from a stable family environment, which I think does contribute to being… — 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
Ethics is not routinely taught to science students except in medicine, and I think it should be. — 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
Much as I like and admire Richard Dawkins, I do think that to call a book 'The God Delusion' is very worrying… — 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
It's hard to be a good doctor if you don't think about the social circumstances of who you're treating. There are many… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Both in Britain and America, huge publicity has been given to stem cells, particularly embryonic stem cells, and the potential they offer.… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
Well I think fundamentally, what I think surprises me is the creationist movement, and the notion that somehow you can't believe in… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
Over the past 20 years, I have presented many science programmes on BBC1. But none is, I think, more socially important, or… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
I think humans have always wrestled with the Divine Idea - an idea that unites and separates, creates and destroys, consoles and… — 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
