Science Quotes by Mark Walport

The government is right to recognise the importance of science and technology, but I think it is a mistake to ringfence funds.

— Mark Walport

Forensic science offers great potential, as it draws on almost every discipline and, in doing so, creates widespread opportunity for innovation.

— Mark Walport

Scientists have argued that research is good for health, wealth, and society, and the government has trusted them on that.

— Mark Walport

It's been an enormous privilege to be the government chief scientific adviser.

— Mark Walport

We need to show why the government should be funding science and how that funding delivers.

— Mark Walport

If you look at U.K. science, we collaborate with people across the whole world, and it's extremely important we continue to do…

— Mark Walport

Science, engineering, and technology have transformed the infrastructure of the modern world and have a vital role to play at the heart…

— Mark Walport

Maximum distribution of research findings is essential to maximise their impact.

— Mark Walport

Sharing data allows us to research, communicate, consume media, buy and sell, play games, and more. In return, businesses develop products, scientists…

— Mark Walport

An important task for government is to think about the future as well as to learn from the past, and the Foresight…

— Mark Walport

People have extreme beliefs about whether it is right for humans to tamper with embryos in any way at all. Sometimes the…

— Mark Walport

David Sainsbury has been good for science and good for innovation in the U.K. He has been an outstanding science minister and…

— Mark Walport

It seems paradoxical that, as medical scientists make huge advances in discovering the mechanisms of common diseases, fewer and fewer innovative drugs…

— Mark Walport

The involvement of clinicians, researchers, and, most importantly, the thousands of people who have donated DNA samples will help us to correlate…

— Mark Walport

Wellcome Trust focuses on supporting outstanding researchers, accelerating the application of research, and exploring medicine in historical and cultural contexts. We believe…

— Mark Walport

I look forward to working closely with the Research Councils, Innovate UK, and Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), as we…

— Mark Walport

Science is not finished until it is communicated.

— Mark Walport

It is absolutely key that funding is used to support the best scientists with the best ideas.

— Mark Walport

Science can tell us what can be done in principle, but it is then a matter for public debate as to what…

— Mark Walport

One of the biggest costs in the whole scientific publishing world is borne by the academic community, which is the peer review.

— Mark Walport

We pretend that the debate about genetically modified crops is a debate about science when the reality is, actually, that the science…

— Mark Walport

If you look at my track record as government chief scientific advisor, I've always recognized that all of the sciences are important…

— Mark Walport

There is usually a long interval between important scientific discoveries and impact on human health.

— Mark Walport

Science, engineering, and technology discovers and invents new ways of doing things - but it doesn't dictate how we should do them.

— Mark Walport