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> [I wanted to find out exactly who was in charge, whether it was God Himself or whether it was scientists in the laboratory. It was us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-edwards/i-wanted-to-find-out-exactly-who-was-in-charge-whether-it-was-god/)

[Robert Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-edwards/)

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## More by Robert Edwards

> [My genetic interests persist in the area of the control of human development. Something must be fundamentally flawed with a reproductive system that allows…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-edwards/my-genetic-interests-persist-in-the-area-of-the-control-of-human/)

[Robert Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-edwards/)

> [Increasingly committed to human studies, I sought to collect several immature human oocytes from pieces of excised ovarian tissue, mature and fertilize them in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-edwards/increasingly-committed-to-human-studies-i-sought-to-collect-several/)

[Robert Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-edwards/)

> [I wanted to find out exactly who was in charge, whether it was God Himself or whether it was scientists in the laboratory. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-edwards/i-wanted-to-find-out-exactly-who-was-in-charge-whether-it-was-god/)

[Robert Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-edwards/)

> [“Since we cannot move Leningrad ... then we must move the border.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-edwards/since-we-cannot-move-leningrad-then-we-must-move-the-border/)

[Robert Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-edwards/)

> [“we concentrate our army into an enormous fist. The very fact that such a fist exists will prevent the enemy from dispersing his forces…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-edwards/we-concentrate-our-army-into-an-enormous-fist-the-very-fact-that-such/)

[Robert Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-edwards/)

> [The most important thing in life is having a child. Nothing is more special than a child.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-edwards/the-most-important-thing-in-life-is-having-a-child-nothing-is-more/)

[Robert Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-edwards/)

> [It struck me what we should be trying to do was pluck the egg from the ovary and fertilise it in the laboratory. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-edwards/it-struck-me-what-we-should-be-trying-to-do-was-pluck-the-egg-from/)

[Robert Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-edwards/)

> [Louise Brown's birth marked the end of the beginning of human IVF, acclaimed at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. This event was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-edwards/louise-brown-s-birth-marked-the-end-of-the-beginning-of-human-ivf/)

[Robert Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-edwards/)

> [My first ideas of human in vitro fertilization (IVF) arose with my Ph.D. in Edinburgh University in the early 1950s. Supervised by Alan Beatty,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-edwards/my-first-ideas-of-human-in-vitro-fertilization-ivf-arose-with-my-ph-d/)

[Robert Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-edwards/)

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