There needs to be clearer communication for the public avout how valuable it [animal testing] is Robert Winston More Quotes by Robert Winston More Quotes From Robert Winston I don't believe the fertilised egg can be equated with the sort of human life that you and I represent, or our children represent. Robert Winston eggsbelievechildren Our aggression is a deep instinct which survives in all kinds of manifestations in modern man. Robert Winston modernkindmen My father died when I was nine, but I came from a stable family environment, which I think does contribute to being well-behaved. Robert Winston doefatherthinking I love the French detective series 'Spiral.' It's quite brutal to watch, but I'm already hooked. Robert Winston spiralsdetectiveswatches I like travelling on my own. It means I'm completely free to think about what's around me. Robert Winston my-ownmeanthinking I don't know whether it is important to study science at a young age, though current thinking emphasises the need. Robert Winston importantagethinking However pragmatic you are, it is very demanding being a new parent. Robert Winston new-parentspragmaticparent Ethics is not routinely taught to science students except in medicine, and I think it should be. Robert Winston taughtmedicinethinking My own field, the prevention of genetic disorders in babies, has been possible only because of humane work on animals. Robert Winston preventionanimalbaby 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 of the issues about our society is that we make judgments about people on the basis of very flimsy evidence. Robert Winston issuespeoplethinking I remember eating in school in the years after the Second World War. Most of my friends had miserable portions of Spam with an inedible, glutinous pudding served in containers we called 'coffins.' As a vegetarian, I had a lump of loathsome cheese and some bread. Robert Winston waryearsschool 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 say, 'Why should you know?' Robert Winston laughingpeoplethinking I used to work for the World Health Organisation in poor countries all over the world - Bangladesh, Korea, the Philippines and India. You learn a whole range of things about how other people are living and try to connect with them to gain an understanding of where they're coming from. Robert Winston koreacountrypeople 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 repeated publicity. Robert Winston publicitydrsclaims I did not study science at school until I was 13, when I was totally turned on by a seemingly dreary old teacher who suddenly, unannounced, manufactured a huge explosion in the middle of a totally boring monologue. From then on, all of his class wanted to make explosions. Robert Winston classteacherschool 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. What better way than to film a number of expectant mums from across the U.K.? Coming from widely different backgrounds, all were due to give birth on January 1, 2000. Robert Winston numbersgivingchildren Having a child is arguably the most important thing you do in life. Robert Winston important-thingsimportantchildren Childhood is not dead. Children were worse off when we were hunter-gatherers; they were threatened in medieval times and exploited during the Industrial Revolution. Was it any better in the time of Charles Kingsley or Charles Dickens? Robert Winston hunterschildhoodchildren 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 straight from solid to gas. The volume of the gas is much greater than the volume of the solid. When a solid turns into a gas, we say it sublimes. The process is sublimation. Robert Winston phasesthreeusual Both in Britain and America, huge publicity has been given to stem cells, particularly embryonic stem cells, and the potential they offer. Of course, the study of stem cells is one of the most exciting areas in biology, but I think it is unlikely that embryonic stem cells are likely to be useful in healthcare for a long time. Robert Winston britain-and-americacellsthinking
