Let’s be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out.
RICHARD DAWKINSReligion teaches you to be satisfied with nonanswers. It’s a sort of crime against childhood.
More Richard Dawkins Quotes
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Science has its own magic: the magic of reality.
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I am thrilled to be alive at time when humanity is pushing against the limits of understanding. Even better, we may eventually discover that there are no limits.
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When I am dying, I should like my life taken out under general anaesthetic, exactly as if it were a diseased appendix.
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If something is true, no amount of wishful thinking will change it.
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You can make some inferences about a man’s character if you know something about the conditions in which he has survived and prospered.
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We admit that we are like apes, but we seldom realize that we are apes.
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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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Myths are fun, as long as you don’t confuse them with the truth.
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Chance is just a word expressing ignorance.
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American political opportunities are loaded against those who are simultaneously intelligent and honest.
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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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Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.
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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.
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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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The chicken is only an egg’s way for making another egg.
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