Religion is not the root of all evil, for no one thing is the root of all anything.
RICHARD DAWKINSScience replaces private prejudice with public, verifiable evidence.
More Richard Dawkins Quotes
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Unfortunately, however much we may deplore something, it does not stop being true.
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We admit that we are like apes, but we seldom realize that we are apes.
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Do not indoctrinate your children. Teach them how to think for themselves, how to evaluate evidence, and how to disagree with you.
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If there is a human moral to be drawn, it is that we must teach our children altruism, for we cannot expect it to be part of their biological nature.
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Let’s be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out.
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American political opportunities are loaded against those who are simultaneously intelligent and honest.
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It often turns out on closer inspection that acts of apparent altruism are really selfishness in disguise.
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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.
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I cannot know for certain but I think God is very improbable, and I live my life on the assumption that he is not there.
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It would be intolerant if I advocated the banning of religion, but of course I never have.
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Chance is just a word expressing ignorance.
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We are survival machines – robot vehicles blindly programmed to preserve the selfish molecules known as genes. This is a truth which still fills me with astonishment.
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The world and the universe is an extremely beautiful place, and the more we understand about it the more beautiful does it appear.
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If something is true, no amount of wishful thinking will change it.
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Science is the poetry of reality.
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