Richard Dawkins is an English evolutionary biologist and author who was born in 1941. He is known for his books The Selfish Gene (1976) and The Extended Phenotype (1982). Dawkins is also know for introducing the term “meme”, which is an idea, behavior, or style that spreads from person to person within a culture.
This is a collection of quotes by Richard Dawkins.
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'What is the purpose of the universe?' is a silly question.Richard Dawkins
A delusion is something that people believe in despite a total lack of evidence.Richard Dawkins
Although atheism might have been logically tenable before Darwin, Darwin made it possible to be an intellectually fulfilled atheist.Richard Dawkins
Although many of us fear death, I think there is something illogical about it.Richard Dawkins
Biology is the study of complicated things that have the appearance of having been designed with a purpose.Richard Dawkins
Blasphemy is a victimless crime.Richard Dawkins
By all means let's be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out.Richard Dawkins
Complex, statistically improbable things are by their nature more difficult to explain than simple, statistically probable things.Richard Dawkins
Democracy is no way to establish a truth.Richard Dawkins
Do not indoctrinate your children. Teach them how to think for themselves, how to evaluate evidence, and how to disagree with you.Richard Dawkins
Don't kid yourself that you're going to live again after you're dead; you're not. Make the most of the one life you've got. Live it to the full.Richard Dawkins
Even mild and moderate religion helps to provide the climate of faith in which extremism naturally flourishes.Richard Dawkins
Evolution is now universally accepted as a fact by thinking peopleRichard Dawkins
Evolution never looks to the future.Richard Dawkins
Faith can be very very dangerous, and deliberately to implant it into the vulnerable mind of an innocent child is a grievous wrong.Richard Dawkins
Given infinite time, or infinite opportunities, anything is possible.Richard Dawkins
God exists, if only in the form of a meme with high survival value, or infective power, in the environment provided by human culture.Richard Dawkins
Good public speaking is more than just decibels – a point that's often overlooked by demagogues, evangelists and – unfortunately – gullible audiences.Richard Dawkins
I am against religion because it teaches us to be satisfied with not understanding the world.Richard Dawkins
I am very comfortable with the idea that we can override biology with free will.Richard Dawkins
I have tried but consistently failed to find anything in theology to be serious about.Richard Dawkins
I love words.Richard Dawkins
I mean it as a compliment when I say that you could almost define a philosopher as someone who won't take common sense for an answer.Richard Dawkins
I personally would consider it an honour to be fossilized.Richard Dawkins
I'm fascinated by the idea that genetics is digital. A gene is a long sequence of coded letters, like computer information. Modern biology is becoming very much a branch of information technology.Richard Dawkins
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