When I discover something about the human genome, I experience a sense of awe at the mystery of life, and say to myself, ‘Wow, only God knew before.’ It is a profoundly beautiful and moving sensation, which helps me appreciate God and makes science even more rewarding for me.

— Francis Collins

Francis Collins Quotes

I’m always feeling like I’m lacking wisdom. This reassurance that one can ask God for that and it will happen is certainly reassuring to me.

— 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

I’m a pretty informal guy. I ride a Harley.

— Francis Collins

I think there are people who’s lives have been saved because of the study of the genome.

— Francis Collins

God is an awesome mathematician and physicist.

— Francis Collins

As a scientist, you’re not supposed to make decisions without the data.

— Francis Collins

A technological advance of a major sort almost always is overestimated in the short run for its consequences – and underestimated in the long run.

— 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

God gave us free will, and we may choose to exercise it in ways that end up hurting other people.

— Francis Collins

Research is so unpredictable. There are periods when nothing works and all your experiments are a disaster and all your hypotheses are wrong.

— Francis Collins

It’s interesting when you read the life of Christ how much of his time he spent healing the sick. There must have been a reason for that – he was modelling for us what it is we are intended to do by following his path.

— Francis Collins

The word ‘living’ has so many connotations that I’m almost reluctant to try to define it scientifically because it sounds as if I’m then downgrading all the other significances of that word.

— Francis Collins

We give our kids vaccinations. That’s a biological enhancement that’s considered not just acceptable but actually admirable.

— Francis Collins

The best diet is the one that can be sustained over the long term, combined with other healthful lifestyle behaviors.

— Francis Collins

Sometimes you develop a passion for something because of some personal experience.

— Francis Collins

Scientists must venture outside their comfort zones to show the public how cool – and how important – their work really is.

— Francis Collins

Science’s domain is the natural. If you want to understand the natural world and be sure you’re not misleading yourself, science is the way to do it.

— Francis Collins

So much of what we are currently seeing as far as human suffering and misery comes from diseases that should have been preventable but were not.

— Francis Collins

The blooming of a flower is, in my mind, not a miracle. It’s something that we can understand on the basis of molecular biology these days.

— Francis Collins

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What wakes me up at night is this next generation and what’s happening to them. And they’re invariably excited about the science that they’re doing, but invariably anxious about where there’s a future.

— Francis Collins

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