Quotes by Francis Collins

About Francis Collins:

Francis Sellers Collins is an American physician-geneticist noted for his discoveries of disease genes and his leadership of the Human Genome Project. He is director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland.
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It is interesting that the U.S. has this very strong proportion of the population that rejects scientific conclusions about the age of the Earth and about evolutionary relationships between species, including humans.

Francis Collins

The best diet is the one that can be sustained over the long term, combined with other healthful lifestyle behaviors.

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In my own experience as a physician, I have not seen a miraculous healing, and I don't expect to see one.

Francis Collins

I've never heard God speak out loud to me. That's not an experience I have had.

Francis Collins

Sometimes you develop a passion for something because of some personal experience.

Francis Collins

I'm aware there are certain products that are being advertised - food products - with 'no chemicals whatsoever.' Well, that would be pretty hard to arrange, since everything around us is made up of atoms and molecules - chemicals - including ourselve...

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A cardinal principle that we must not stray from - no exceptions - is that your genetic information is your business in terms of who sees it. Nobody should be gaining access to that information without your explicit permission, and nobody should be r...

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Scientists must venture outside their comfort zones to show the public how cool - and how important - their work really is.

Francis Collins

Successful weight management really means a permanent change in lifestyle - and success in this arena provides that person with a great opportunity to model that behavior for friends and family.

Francis Collins

I think history would say that medical research has, throughout many changes of parties, remained as one of the shining lights of bipartisan agreement, that people are concerned about health for themselves, for their families, for their constituents.

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People who are in a position of finding out that they're at risk for some illness, whether it's breast cancer, or heart disease, are afraid to get that information - even though it might be useful to them - because of fears that they'll lose their he...

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Proponents of intelligent design don't accept that some of the very complex nanomachines that we have inside ourselves could have come about solely on the basis of natural selection.

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I'm enormously interested to see where neuroscience can take us in understanding these complexities of the human brain and how it works, but I do think there may be limits in terms of what science can tell us about what does good and evil mean anyway...

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I actually do not believe that there are any collisions between what I believe as a Christian, and what I know and have learned about as a scientist. I think there's a broad perception that that's the case, and that's what scares many scientists away...

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I'm a serious Christian. I take my faith seriously. I try to practice it every day of the week, not just on Sunday.

Francis Collins

Nobody gets argued all the way into becoming a believer on the sheer basis of logic and reason. That requires a leap of faith.

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Faith is reason plus revelation, and the revelation part requires one to think with the spirit as well as with the mind. You have to hear the music, not just read the notes on the page.

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I believe in the literal rising of the body of Christ. It's the cornerstone of my Christian faith.

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What faith has not been used by demagogues as a club over somebody's head?

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I believe God did intend, in giving us intelligence, to give us the opportunity to investigate and appreciate the wonders of His creation. He is not threatened by our scientific adventures.

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Author Bio

  • NameFrancis Collins
  • DescriptionGeneticist; Director of the National Institutes of Health
  • BornApril 14, 1950
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionGeneticist
  • AwardsPresidential Medal Of Freedom; Princess Of Asturias Award - Technical And Scientific Research; Arthur S. Flemming Award