Francis Collins

People who are in a position of finding out that they're at risk for some illness, whether it's breast cancer, or heart disease, are afraid to get that information - even though it might be useful to them - because of fears that they'll lose their health insurance or their job. ”

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. ”

For delightfully quirky descriptions of bizarre neurological syndromes that teach us a lot about how the brain works, there is no match for Oliver Sacks. ”

I think history would say that medical research has, throughout many changes of parties, remained as one of the shining lights of bipartisan agreement, that people are concerned about health for themselves, for their families, for their constituents. ”

I'm a serious Christian. I take my faith seriously. I try to practice it every day of the week, not just on Sunday. ”

Faith is reason plus revelation, and the revelation part requires one to think with the spirit as well as with the mind. You have to hear the music, not just read the notes on the page. ”

I believe in the literal rising of the body of Christ. It's the cornerstone of my Christian faith. ”

Nobody gets argued all the way into becoming a believer on the sheer basis of logic and reason. That requires a leap of faith. ”

What faith has not been used by demagogues as a club over somebody's head? ”

For me, in my Christian belief, prayer is not an opportunity to manipulate God into doing what you want him to. Prayer is an opportunity to have a conversation with God to try to get in tune with what his will is. ”