Quotes from Francis Collins
God decided to create a species with whom he could have fellowship. Who are we to say that evolution was a dumb way to do it? It was an incredibly elegant way to do it.
- Francis Collins
I'm a serious Christian. I take my faith seriously. I try to practice it every day of the week, not just on Sunday.
- Francis Collins
We give our kids vaccinations. That's a biological enhancement that's considered not just acceptable but actually admirable.
- Francis Collins
God is most certainly not threatened by science; He made it all possible.
- Francis Collins
What more powerful form of study of mankind could there be than to read our own instruction book?
- Francis Collins
One of the greatest tragedies of our time, is this impression that has been created that science and religion have to be at war.
- Francis Collins
I'm aware there are certain products that are being advertised - food products - with 'no chemicals whatsoever.' Well, that would be pretty hard to arrange, since everything around us is made up of atoms and molecules - chemicals - including ourselves.
- Francis Collins
One must dig deeply into opposing points of view in order to know whether your own position remains defensible. Iron sharpens iron.
- Francis Collins
As a Christian, but also as a scientist responsible for overseeing the Human Genome Project, one of my concerns has been the limits on applications of our understanding of the genome. Should there be limits? I think there should. I think the public has expressed their concern about ways this information might be misused.
- Francis Collins
If I'm walking down the riverbank, and a man is drowning, even if I don't know how to swim very well, I feel this urge that the right thing to do is to try to save that person. Evolution would tell me exactly the opposite: preserve your DNA. Who cares about the guy who's drowning?
- Francis Collins
When does life begin? When does the soul enter? That's a religious question. Science is not going to be able to help with that.
- Francis Collins
My own area of expertise is the genetics of human disease. I was fortunate to be part of the team that found the genes for cystic fibrosis, and Huntington's disease and neurofibromatosis.
- Francis Collins