We give antibiotics to people when they’re dying or when they’re not well; that’s acting God. I mean, acting God is using the tools of creation to try and improve human life, human existence. I don’t think that that’s a huge problem. Robert Winston Read Quote
I actually don’t mind whether people can choose the sex of the baby – in fact humans have been trying to do it for 3,000 years. But there is a real issue about the safety of the technique. Robert Winston Read Quote
While nobody has identified any gene for religion, there are certainly some candidate genes that may influence human personality and confer a tendency to religious feelings. Some of the genes likely to be involved are those which control levels of different chemicals called neurotransmitters in the brain. Robert Winston Read Quote
The disturbed individual who believes himself to be Christ, or to receive messages from God, is something of a cliche in our society. Ever since Sigmund Freud, many people have associated religiosity with neurosis and mental illness. Robert Winston Read Quote
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. Robert Winston Read Quote
I went to school with butterflies of fear every day for years – from primary school onwards – not just worried about being bullied by classmates, but by teachers. Robert Winston Read Quote
We must not fail to recognise that television can be a hugely positive influence in children’s lives, one of the greatest educators in contemporary society and an increasing influence on all the children followed in ‘Child of Our Time.’ Robert Winston Read Quote
As parents, can we counter the effect of television violence? One worrying feature in Britain is that so many TV sets are in a child’s bedroom; this means that the mediating effect of watching with a parent, the ability to discuss and interpret what has been seen, is lost. Robert Winston Read Quote
Parents should talk to their children, even when they are babies and can’t talk back. Robert Winston Read Quote
Some of the hotels I’ve been put up in for work in Scotland have been shockingly bad. They’re the type of hotel where the bedroom is like a cell and the Internet doesn’t work. I feel quite aggrieved at that because you should at least be treated reasonably well and have basic comfort. Robert Winston Read Quote
