black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

When two opposite points of view are expressed with equal intensity, the truth does not necessarily lie exactly halfway between them. It is possible for one side to be simply wrong.

Richard Dawkins

We are going to die, and that makes us the lucky ones. Most people are never going to die because they are never going to be born.
RICHARD DAWKINS

Born Die Lucky People
Religious fanatics want people to switch off their own minds, ignore the evidence, and blindly follow a holy book based upon private revelation.
RICHARD DAWKINS

Blind Book Evidence Mind People Religious Revelation Switch Want
Human suffering has been caused because too many of us cannot grasp that words are only tools for our use.
RICHARD DAWKINS

Cause Grasp Human Reality Suffering Tool Word
Religion is not the root of all evil, for no one thing is the root of all anything.
RICHARD DAWKINS

Evil Religion Root
Creationists eagerly seek a gap in present-day knowledge or understanding. If an apparent gap is found, it is assumed that God, by default, must fill it.
RICHARD DAWKINS

Atheist Creation God Knowledge Science Seek Truth Understand
We, alone on earth, can rebel against the tyranny of the selfish replicators.
RICHARD DAWKINS

Alone Earth Rebel Selfish
Indeed, organizing atheists has been compared to herding cats, because they tend to think independently and will not conform to authority.
RICHARD DAWKINS

Atheist Authority Comparison Independence Organization
Myths are fun, as long as you don’t confuse them with the truth.
RICHARD DAWKINS

Confusion Fun Myth Truth
Blasphemy is a Victimless Crime.
RICHARD DAWKINS

Crime Victim
I don’t give a damn for anybody’s opinion, I only care about the facts. So I’m not an enthusiast for diversity of opinion where factual matters are concerned.
RICHARD DAWKINS

Diversity Enthusiasm Fact Opinion Science
When I am dying, I should like my life taken out under general anaesthetic, exactly as if it were a diseased appendix.
RICHARD DAWKINS

Die Life
There’s real poetry in the real world. Science is the poetry of reality.
RICHARD DAWKINS

Poetry Real Reality
The world and the universe is an extremely beautiful place, and the more we understand about it the more beautiful does it appear.
RICHARD DAWKINS

Beautiful Evolution Extreme Place Understand Universe World
The rabbit runs faster than the fox, because the rabbit is running for his life while the fox is only running for his dinner.
RICHARD DAWKINS

Deep Dinner Fox Life Rabbit Run
Things exist either because they have recently come into existence or because they have qualities that made them unlikely to be destroyed in the past.
RICHARD DAWKINS

Destroy Evolution Existence Past Quality
Science is interesting, and if you don’t agree you can fuck off.
RICHARD DAWKINS

Agree Interesting Science
The time has come for people of reason to say: Enough is Enough! Religious faith discourages independent thought, it’s divisive and it’s dangerous.
RICHARD DAWKINS

Atheist Discourage People Reason Religious Time
It often turns out on closer inspection that acts of apparent altruism are really selfishness in disguise.
RICHARD DAWKINS

Act Disguise Inspection Selfish
It often turns out on closer inspection that acts of apparent altruism are really selfishness in disguise.
RICHARD DAWKINS

Disguise Inspection Selfish
The chicken is only an egg’s way for making another egg.
RICHARD DAWKINS

Chicken Egg Revolution Science
Evolution is just a theory? Well, so is gravity and I don’t see you jumping out of buildings.
RICHARD DAWKINS

Building Evolution Gravity Jump Theory
Science replaces private prejudice with public, verifiable evidence.
RICHARD DAWKINS

Evidence Prejudice Private Public replace Science
Let children learn about different faiths, let them notice their incompatibility, and let them draw their own conclusions about the consequences of that incompatibility.
RICHARD DAWKINS

Children Conclusion Consequence Different Faith Learning
The total amount of suffering per year in the natural world is beyond all decent contemplation.
RICHARD DAWKINS

Amount Beyond Decent Natural Suffering World
Let’s be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out.
RICHARD DAWKINS

Brain Deep Drop Open Minded
Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are born selfish. Let us understand what our own selfish genes are up to, because we may then at least have the chance to upset their designs, something that no other species has ever aspired to do.
RICHARD DAWKINS

Born Chance Generosity Science Selfish Understand Upset
It would be intolerant if I advocated the banning of religion, but of course I never have.
RICHARD DAWKINS

Advocate Ban Religion Tolerance

When two opposite points of view are expressed with equal intensity, the truth does not necessarily lie exactly halfway between them. It is possible for one side to be simply wrong.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

When two opposite points of view are expressed with equal intensity, the truth does not necessarily lie exactly halfway between them. It is possible for one side to be simply wrong.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Richard Dawkins Quotes