Scientific beliefs are supported by evidence, and they get results. Myths and faiths are not and do not.
RICHARD DAWKINSScientific beliefs are supported by evidence, and they get results. Myths and faiths are not and do not.
RICHARD DAWKINSA god who is capable of sending intelligible signals to millions of people simultaneously, and of receiving messages from all of them simultaneously, cannot be, whatever else he might be, simple. Such Bandwidth!
RICHARD DAWKINSWe, alone on earth, can rebel against the tyranny of the selfish replicators.
RICHARD DAWKINSWhen one person suffers from a delusion, it is called insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion it is called Religion.
RICHARD DAWKINSThe chicken is only an egg’s way for making another egg.
RICHARD DAWKINSI 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 DAWKINSIn the beginning was simplicity.
RICHARD DAWKINSWe 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 DAWKINSThe meme for blind faith secures its own perpetuation by the simple unconscious expedient of discouraging rational inquiry.
RICHARD DAWKINSThe universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference.
RICHARD DAWKINSWe admit that we are like apes, but we seldom realize that we are apes.
RICHARD DAWKINSThe majority of children born into the world tend to inherit the beliefs of their parents, and that to me is one of the most regrettable facts of them all.
RICHARD DAWKINSSuch delusions of grandeur to think that a God with a hundred billion galaxies on his mind would give a tuppenny damn who you sleep with, or indeed whether you believe in him.
RICHARD DAWKINSDon’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.
RICHARD DAWKINSIt is absolutely safe to say that if you meet somebody who claims not to believe in evolution, that person is ignorant, stupid or insane.
RICHARD DAWKINSLet’s be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out.
RICHARD DAWKINS