Robert Winston

“The problem with IVF is that it has been over-hyped and over-sold.”

“We are all of us, more or less, the slaves of our own glands.”

“Infertility is a condition that is poorly understood by many people.”

“Science is not a body of facts. Science is a state of mind.”

“Scientific knowledge is a body of statements of varying degrees of certainty - some most unsure, some nearly sure, but none absolutely certain.”

“There's a real danger in making grand claims for genetics.”

“You can't do science without an imagination.”

“What is important is to understand what is going on in your body. We are fearfully and wonderfully made.”

“Education is not about filling a pail, but about lighting a fire.”

“The human mind is the most complex and wondrous thing we have ever discovered.”

“The great thing about science is that you can be wrong.”

“The public understanding of science is not just about scientists talking to the public, it is also about the public talking back to scientists.”