Robert Winston Important Quotations

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.

I'm a traditional Jew with an orthodox background, and it informs much of my approach to science. Of course I think it's very important that if you have those sorts of backgrounds you don't impose them on other people as a clinician, of course.

It is important that legislation keeps pace with scientific progress.

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

Having a child is arguably the most important thing you do in life.