--- title: "Best Alice Roberts Sayings" description: "Alice Roberts is an English academic, anatomist, archaeologist, TV presenter and author who has been a professor at the University of Birmingham since 2..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-alice-roberts-6136.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Alice Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-alice-roberts-6136.jpg) # Alice Roberts **100** quotes in **388** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Alice Roberts is an English academic, anatomist, archaeologist, TV presenter and author who has been a professor at the University of Birmingham since 2012. ## About Alice Roberts She served as president of the charity Humanists UK from January 2019 to May 2022 and is now a vice‑president of the organization. ## Quotes by Alice Roberts · Page 3 > [Evolutionary biologists have long pondered the phenomenon of the changing colours of autumn leaves. It's possible that the red pigments are manufactured…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-roberts/evolutionary-biologists-have-long-pondered-the-phenomenon-of-the/) [Alice Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-roberts/) [Autumn leaves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/autumn-leaves/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e78/alice-roberts-6136_autumn-leaves_evolutionary-biologists-have-long-ponder_1432656.jpg) > [While planting woodlands along rivers has been shown to work in small areas, it has been unclear whether it would be effective…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-roberts/while-planting-woodlands-along-rivers-has-been-shown-to-work-in-small/) [Alice Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-roberts/) [Could](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/could/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be5/alice-roberts-6136_could_while-planting-woodlands-along-rivers-ha_1855204.jpg) > [I usually turn over when ads appear on television. But - very rarely - I am gripped by a particularly beautiful one,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-roberts/i-usually-turn-over-when-ads-appear-on-television-but-very-rarely-i/) [Alice Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-roberts/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/246/alice-roberts-6136_art_i-usually-turn-over-when-ads-appear-on-t_781188.jpg) > [When I was in my 20s, and even though I was studying medicine, I didn't ever really think that my body would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-roberts/when-i-was-in-my-20s-and-even-though-i-was-studying-medicine-i-didn-t/) [Alice Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-roberts/) [Body](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/body/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be4/alice-roberts-6136_body_when-i-was-in-my-20s-and-even-though-i-w_1279082.jpg) > [The human knee is complex and prone to failure in a variety of ways; there's a lot of muscle mass low down…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-roberts/the-human-knee-is-complex-and-prone-to-failure-in-a-variety-of-ways/) [Alice Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-roberts/) [Failure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/failure/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/330/alice-roberts-6136_failure_the-human-knee-is-complex-and-prone-to-f_2227197.jpg) > [I was a goth in my student days. I dyed my hair black, but it came out grey, with a blue scalp.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-roberts/i-was-a-goth-in-my-student-days-i-dyed-my-hair-black-but-it-came-out/) [Alice Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-roberts/) [Blue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blue/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8df/alice-roberts-6136_blue_i-was-a-goth-in-my-student-days-i-dyed-m_1531795.jpg) > [I've seen many dinosaur fossils, some mounted in museums, others in the process of being extracted from their rocky matrix, and it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-roberts/i-ve-seen-many-dinosaur-fossils-some-mounted-in-museums-others-in-the/) [Alice Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-roberts/) [Dinosaur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dinosaur/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/725/alice-roberts-6136_dinosaur_i-ve-seen-many-dinosaur-fossils-some-mou_2392094.jpg) > [I was keen to earn my own money from an early age. I had a job as a paper girl in my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-roberts/i-was-keen-to-earn-my-own-money-from-an-early-age-i-had-a-job-as-a/) [Alice Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-roberts/) [Age](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/age/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2d/alice-roberts-6136_age_i-was-keen-to-earn-my-own-money-from-an_540507.jpg) > [I find humanism to be the most rational and positive philosophy for life. And it's not a new thing at all -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-roberts/i-find-humanism-to-be-the-most-rational-and-positive-philosophy-for/) [Alice Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-roberts/) [Deep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/deep/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/017/alice-roberts-6136_deep_i-find-humanism-to-be-the-most-rational_2952371.jpg) > [Then the BBC approached me in 2005 and asked me to be one of the presenters of the series 'Coast', which turned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-roberts/then-the-bbc-approached-me-in-2005-and-asked-me-to-be-one-of-the/) [Alice Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-roberts/) [Bbc](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bbc/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e2/alice-roberts-6136_bbc_then-the-bbc-approached-me-in-2005-and-a_1181189.jpg) > [At Bristol I found it quite difficult to continue trying to balance three things - teaching, research and public engagement, for which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-roberts/at-bristol-i-found-it-quite-difficult-to-continue-trying-to-balance/) [Alice Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-roberts/) [Balance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/balance/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/669/alice-roberts-6136_balance_at-bristol-i-found-it-quite-difficult-to_1812354.jpg) > [The important thing is when you look at areas like physics and you realise that only one in five A-level students is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-roberts/the-important-thing-is-when-you-look-at-areas-like-physics-and-you/) [Alice Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-roberts/) [Feminism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feminism/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/013/alice-roberts-6136_girl_the-important-thing-is-when-you-look-at_1485347.jpg) > [Did people's attitudes towards me change after I appeared on TV? Yeah, definitely. During my career I've had some flak - particularly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-roberts/did-people-s-attitudes-towards-me-change-after-i-appeared-on-tv-yeah/) [Alice Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-roberts/) [Career](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/career/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/620/alice-roberts-6136_career_did-people-s-attitudes-towards-me-change_1509566.jpg) > [Science offers us the possibility of understanding natural rhythms and events that must have seemed like the work of angry and unpredictable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-roberts/science-offers-us-the-possibility-of-understanding-natural-rhythms/) [Alice Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-roberts/) [Ancestors](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ancestors/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f3/alice-roberts-6136_ancestors_science-offers-us-the-possibility-of-und_731382.jpg) > [I've wanted to write a book on embryology, that extraordinary journey where you start off as a single cell and end up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-roberts/i-ve-wanted-to-write-a-book-on-embryology-that-extraordinary-journey/) [Alice Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-roberts/) [Body](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/body/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/795/alice-roberts-6136_body_i-ve-wanted-to-write-a-book-on-embryolog_1878197.jpg) > [Looking in detail at human anatomy, I'm always left with two practically irreconcilable thoughts: our bodies are wonderful, intricate masterpieces; and then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-roberts/looking-in-detail-at-human-anatomy-i-m-always-left-with-two/) [Alice Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-roberts/) [Bodies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bodies/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/896/alice-roberts-6136_bodies_looking-in-detail-at-human-anatomy-i-m-a_2528214.jpg) > [And when you take something like the changing colour of autumn leaves and start to ask why, you're starting off on an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-roberts/and-when-you-take-something-like-the-changing-colour-of-autumn-leaves/) [Alice Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-roberts/) [Autumn leaves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/autumn-leaves/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2aa/alice-roberts-6136_autumn-leaves_and-when-you-take-something-like-the-cha_1678647.jpg) > [Around 4000BC, the Mesolithic, hunter-gatherer way of life here gave way to a more settled, farming existence. Those Neolithic people built wooden…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-roberts/around-4000bc-the-mesolithic-hunter-gatherer-way-of-life-here-gave/) [Alice Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-roberts/) [Existence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/existence/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a10/alice-roberts-6136_existence_around-4000bc-the-mesolithic-hunter-gath_1686806.jpg) > [I suppose the thing I'm quite pleased about is that I am, I would hope, a role model for girls and younger…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-roberts/i-suppose-the-thing-i-m-quite-pleased-about-is-that-i-am-i-would-hope/) [Alice Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-roberts/) [Hope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hope/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f42/alice-roberts-6136_hope_i-suppose-the-thing-i-m-quite-pleased-ab_1837108.jpg) > [My childhood hero was David Attenborough. He opened my eyes to the wonder of the natural world. In fact, he's still my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-roberts/my-childhood-hero-was-david-attenborough-he-opened-my-eyes-to-the/) [Alice Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-roberts/) [Childhood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/childhood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c5/alice-roberts-6136_childhood_my-childhood-hero-was-david-attenborough_1470268.jpg) ## Alice Roberts by topic [Science (18)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/science/alice-roberts/) [Food (11)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/food/alice-roberts/) [Time (10)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/alice-roberts/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-roberts/#itemlist", "name": "Alice Roberts Quotes", "numberOfItems": 20, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Evolutionary biologists have long pondered the phenomenon of the changing colours of autumn leaves. 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