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Richard Dawkins
Richard Dawkins
English Scientist
Born: Mar 26, 1941
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Natural selection will not remove ignorance from future generations. Richard Dawkins
Future Ignorance Natural Will Remove Future Generations Selection Generations Natural Selection
Anybody who has something sensible or worthwhile to say should be able to say it calmly and soberly, relying on the words themselves to convey his meaning, without resorting to yelling. Richard Dawkins
Words Say Worthwhile Able Something Relying Without Calmly His Yelling Anybody Sensible Convey Meaning Themselves Should Who
Do you advocate the Ten Commandments as a guide to the good life? Then I can only presume that you don't know the Ten Commandments. Richard Dawkins
Life Good You Good Life Guide I Can Presume Ten Ten Commandments Only Know Advocate Commandments Then
I accept that there may be things far grander and more incomprehensible than we can possibly imagine. Richard Dawkins
Imagination Possibly More Accept Than May Grander Far Things Incomprehensible Imagine
The Bible should be taught, but emphatically not as reality. It is fiction, myth, poetry, anything but reality. As such it needs to be taught because it underlies so much of our literature and our culture. Richard Dawkins
Needs Bible Culture Reality Myth Our Poetry Because Taught Fiction Anything Literature Much Should
There may be fairies at the bottom of the garden. There is no evidence for it, but you can't prove that there aren't any, so shouldn't we be agnostic with respect to fairies? Richard Dawkins
You Respect Garden Evidence Bottom Fairies Prove Any May Agnostic
Our animal origins are constantly lurking behind, even if they are filtered through complicated social evolution. Richard Dawkins
Animal Complicated Filtered Our Evolution Constantly Through Behind Social Even Origins Lurking
Words are not trivial. They matter because they raise consciousness. Richard Dawkins
Words Matter Trivial Because Consciousness Raise
You can legally lie about the real world to your heart's content, but until some human being is materially damaged, nobody will complain. Richard Dawkins
You Heart Lie Human Being World Will Complain Some About Nobody Until Content Real Legally Human Being The Real World Real World Your Damaged
Religion is about turning untested belief into unshakable truth through the power of institutions and the passage of time. Richard Dawkins
Truth Time Religion Power About Through Unshakable Institutions Passage Turning Belief
Coming out as an atheist can cost an academic his or her job in some parts of America, and many choose to keep quiet about their atheism. Richard Dawkins
Atheist Job Out Atheism Some About Cost Academic Parts Coming His Quiet America Choose Many Keep Her
Selfish genes actually explain altruistic individuals, and to me that's crystal-clear. Richard Dawkins
Me Selfish Individuals Genes Altruistic Explain Actually
Religion teaches you to be satisfied with nonanswers. It's a sort of crime against childhood. Richard Dawkins
Religion You Crime Satisfied Sort Childhood Against Teaches
For the first half of geological time our ancestors were bacteria. Most creatures still are bacteria, and each one of our trillions of cells is a colony of bacteria. Richard Dawkins
Time First Half Our Ancestors Bacteria Colony Most Geological Still Were Cells Each Creatures Each One
People like to trace their ancestry. Richard Dawkins
People Ancestry Like Trace
Teachers who help to open young minds perform a duty which is as near sacred as I will admit. Richard Dawkins
Will Young Duty Minds Admit Sacred Open Perform Which Teachers Help Who Near
If your plane is being hijacked by an armed man who, though prepared to take risks, presumably wants to go on living, there is room for bargaining. Richard Dawkins
Man Risks Living Though Presumably Take Hijacked Armed Go Being Wants Room Plane Bargaining Your Who Prepared
Evil is a miscellaneous collection of nasty things that nasty people do. Richard Dawkins
People Evil Collection Nasty Things
We should take astrology seriously. No, I don't mean we should believe in it. I am talking about fighting it seriously instead of humouring it as a piece of harmless fun. Richard Dawkins
I Am Seriously Fighting Believe Harmless Astrology About Take Instead Piece Talking Am Mean Should Fun
The earliest books in the New Testament to be written were the Epistles, not the Gospels. It's almost as though Saint Paul and others who wrote the Epistles weren't that interested in whether Jesus was real. Richard Dawkins
Others Books Though Written Almost New Wrote Gospels Real Saint Testament Were New Testament Whether Interested Paul Who Earliest Jesus
The history of science has been one long series of violent brainstorms, as successive generations have come to terms with increasing levels of queerness in the universe. Richard Dawkins
History Science Long Universe Increasing Has-Been Long Series Generations Come Terms Been The History Of Successive Series Levels Violent
Once a viral program gets started, there is nothing to stop it. Richard Dawkins
Nothing Viral Once Gets Stop Started Program
The fact that life evolved out of nearly nothing, some 10 billion years after the universe evolved out of literally nothing, is a fact so staggering that I would be mad to attempt words to do it justice. Richard Dawkins
Life Justice Words Nothing Universe Mad Out Evolved Would Would-Be Some Fact Attempt Years Literally After Staggering Billion Nearly
I suppose I'm a cultural Anglican, and I see evensong in a country church through much the same eyes as I see a village cricket match on the village green. I have a certain love for it. Richard Dawkins
Love Eyes Church Country Cricket I See See Anglican Through Suppose Match Cultural Green Same Much Certain Village
I didn't have a very starry school career, I was medium to above average, nothing special. Richard Dawkins
School Nothing Medium Above Very Average Special Starry Career
The idea of an afterlife where you can be reunited with loved ones can be immensely consoling - though not to me. Richard Dawkins
Me You Though Immensely Consoling Idea Reunited Where Loved Afterlife Loved Ones
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