Quotes by Robert Winston

About Robert Winston:

Robert Maurice Lipson Winston, Baron Winston is a professor, medical doctor, scientist, television presenter and politician.
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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 from cover to cover, a normal woman will have lost on average two eggs - while, typically, a normal man will...

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I don't know whether it is important to study science at a young age, though current thinking emphasises the need.

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I was born with my moustache and, no, I've never been tempted to shave it off. I don't spend a lot of time worrying about my face and, like Gilbert and Sullivan's Katisha, my best feature is my left shoulder-blade.

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Scientists need to be prepared to engage, and the best people to engage with are students, ideally from primary school because there's no question that their capacity to work out complex things is extremely good.

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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 introspection. I see some element of disappointment; I see a sense of humour, but also something that is faintly ridicul...

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Surgeons always underestimate the pain and disability involved in what they do to people.

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Robots may cut down on infection and mean a consultant can see more patients, but wouldn't you rather meet the doctor than a machine?

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We can't any longer have the conventional understanding of genetics which everybody peddles because it is increasingly obvious that epigenetics - actually things which influence the genome's function - are much more important than we realised.

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It's extraordinary to think that if you walked into a room and said you had never heard of Hamlet, you would be regarded as a Philistine. But you could walk into the same room and say, 'I don't know what a proton is,' and people would just laugh and ...

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About 3 million IVF babies have been born since Louise Brown's birth in 1978. Bizarrely, when this life-giving treatment was first considered, it was massively controversial. A storm of vitriolic protest came from many religious leaders, journalists,...

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Some people, both scientists and religious people, deal with uncertainty by being certain. That is dangerous in the fundamentalists and it is dangerous in the fundamentalist scientists.

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Scientists tend to build a reputation on refuting the theories of those who have gone before. Yet, whatever we hypothesize, observe, measure or record about the natural world, it leaves more unanswered questions.

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Our aggression is a deep instinct which survives in all kinds of manifestations in modern man.

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In prehistoric times, Homo sapiens was deeply endangered. Early humans were less fleet of foot, with fewer natural weapons and less well-honed senses than all the predators that threatened them. Moreover, they were hampered in their movements by the ...

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We live longer and healthier lives than ever before. Animal research has improved the treatment of infections, helped with immunisation, improved cancer treatment and had a big impact on managing heart disease, brain disorders, arthritis and transpla...

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Neuroscience is now a very important research area in biology. We are now understanding a lot more about brains in babies, as well as children and adults.

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It is important that legislation keeps pace with scientific progress.

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Parents should talk to their children, even when they are babies and can't talk back.

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I do not know of any credible evidence that suggests Dr. Zavos can clone a human being. This seems to be yet another one of his claims to get publicity.

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I don't like being a celebrity, really... Some people get greater praise than they deserve because they have had exposure in the media. I don't think I agree with that at all.

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Author Bio

  • NameRobert Winston
  • DescriptionBritish scientist
  • BornJuly 15, 1940
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionTelevision Presenter; Politician