Some of the hotels I've been put up in for work in Scotland have been shockingly bad. They're the type of hotel… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
I used to work for the World Health Organisation in poor countries all over the world - Bangladesh, Korea, the Philippines and… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Animal rights activists talk about cruelty and torture, some backing their assertions by publishing out-of-date photographs of 'experiments' banned long ago. This… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
By discovering how our minds work, we can improve our learning power and unlock our true potential. — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
My own field, the prevention of genetic disorders in babies, has been possible only because of humane work on animals. — 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
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Surgeons always underestimate the pain and disability involved in what they do to people. — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
