Best Francis Collins Quotes
- I'm a serious Christian. I take my faith seriously. Christian
- Prayer is, for me, not an opportunity to ask God to do stuff for me. Prayer is an opportunity to open myself, to try and… Ask
- I think God appreciates that we appreciate his creation Appreciate
- The blooming of a flower is, in my mind, not a miracle. It's something that we can understand on the basis of molecular biology these… Bases
- God gave us free will, and we may choose to exercise it in ways that end up hurting other people. Choose
- One must dig deeply into opposing points of view in order to know whether your own position remains defensible. Iron sharpens iron. Deeply
- A technological advance of a major sort almost always is overestimated in the short run for its consequences - and underestimated in the long run. Advance
- A virus is not just DNA; a virus is also packaged up, covered over with a series of proteins in a nice, elegant, well-compacted form. Compacted
- As a scientist, you're not supposed to make decisions without the data. Data
- God is an awesome mathematician and physicist. Awesome
- I believe in the literal rising of the body of Christ. It's the cornerstone of my Christian faith. Believe
- I think there are people who's lives have been saved because of the study of the genome. Been
- I'm a pretty informal guy. I ride a Harley. Guy
- I'm a serious Christian. I take my faith seriously. I try to practice it every day of the week, not just on Sunday. Christian
- I'm always feeling like I'm lacking wisdom. This reassurance that one can ask God for that and it will happen is certainly reassuring to me. Always Feeling
- I've never heard God speak out loud to me. That's not an experience I have had. Experience
- If God is real, and I believe he is, then he is outside of nature. He is, therefore, not limited by the laws of nature… Believe
- In my own experience as a physician, I have not seen a miraculous healing, and I don't expect to see one. Expect
- Nobody gets argued all the way into becoming a believer on the sheer basis of logic and reason. That requires a leap of faith. All
- Research is so unpredictable. There are periods when nothing works and all your experiments are a disaster and all your hypotheses are wrong. All
- Science's domain is the natural. If you want to understand the natural world and be sure you're not misleading yourself, science is the way to… Domain
- Scientists must venture outside their comfort zones to show the public how cool - and how important - their work really is. Comfort
- So much of what we are currently seeing as far as human suffering and misery comes from diseases that should have been preventable but were… Been
- Sometimes you develop a passion for something because of some personal experience. Develop
- The best diet is the one that can be sustained over the long term, combined with other healthful lifestyle behaviors. Behavior