“The theory of evolution by cumulative natural selection is the only theory we know of that is in principle capable of explaining the existence of organized complexity.”

The meme for blind faith secures its own perpetuation by the simple unconscious expedient of discouraging rational inquiry.

Perhaps consciousness arises when the brain’s simulation of the world becomes so complex that it must include a model of itself.

The world and the universe is an extremely beautiful place, and the more we understand about it the more beautiful does it appear.

Faith can be very very dangerous, and deliberately to implant it into the vulnerable mind of an innocent child is a grievous wrong.

I shall not make an argument ad hominem. My argument is ad bullshitem.

The rabbit runs faster than the fox, because the rabbit is running for his life while the fox is only running for his dinner.

Even those who do not, or cannot, avail themselves of a scientific education, choose to benefit from the technology that is made possible by the scientific education of others.

It is absolutely safe to say that if you meet somebody who claims not to believe in evolution, that person is ignorant, stupid or insane.

Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are all born selfish.

Gravity is not a version of the truth. It is the truth. Anyone who doubts it is invited to jump out a tenth-storey window.

Be thankful that you have a life, and forsake your vain and presumptuous desire for a second one.

If there is a God, it’s going to be a whole lot bigger and a whole lot more incomprehensible than anything that any theologian of any religion has ever proposed.

Don’t ask God to cure cancer and world poverty. He’s too busy finding you a parking space and fixing the weather for your barbecue.

Even if it were true that evolution, or the teaching of evolution, encouraged immorality that would not imply that the theory of evolution was false.

Do not indoctrinate your children. Teach them how to think for themselves, how to evaluate evidence, and how to disagree with you.

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.