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> [We consciously decide whether to consider people; we fall in love despite ourselves; we entirely fail to fall in love with people who fall in love with us. It is a mightily complicated business.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-ridley/we-consciously-decide-whether-to-consider-people-we-fall-in-love/)

[Matt Ridley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-ridley/)

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## More by Matt Ridley

> [I felt cheated by the way grown-ups told me that the future of the world was bleak when I became a teenager in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-ridley/i-felt-cheated-by-the-way-grown-ups-told-me-that-the-future-of-the/)

[Matt Ridley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-ridley/)

> [“If you attend a meeting of evolutionary biologists somewhere in America, you might be lucky and spot a tall, gray-whiskered, smiling man bearing a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-ridley/if-you-attend-a-meeting-of-evolutionary-biologists-somewhere-in/)

[Matt Ridley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-ridley/)

> [“Merchants and craftsmen make prosperity; chiefs, priests and thieves fritter it away.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-ridley/merchants-and-craftsmen-make-prosperity-chiefs-priests-and-thieves/)

[Matt Ridley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-ridley/)

> [At some point, human intelligence became collective and cumulative in a way that happened to no other animal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-ridley/at-some-point-human-intelligence-became-collective-and-cumulative-in/)

[Matt Ridley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-ridley/)

> [We consciously decide whether to consider people; we fall in love despite ourselves; we entirely fail to fall in love with people who fall…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-ridley/we-consciously-decide-whether-to-consider-people-we-fall-in-love/)

[Matt Ridley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-ridley/)

> [It's terrifying the way molecular biology has become more and more jargon ridden. But I strongly believe that my book can be read by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-ridley/it-s-terrifying-the-way-molecular-biology-has-become-more-and-more/)

[Matt Ridley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-ridley/)

> [“The gene contains a single 'word', repeated over and over again: CAG, CAG, CAG, CAG ... The repetition continues sometimes just six times, sometimes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-ridley/the-gene-contains-a-single-word-repeated-over-and-over-again-cag-cag/)

[Matt Ridley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-ridley/)

> [“If you think being descended from apes is bad for your self esteem, then get used to the idea that you are also descended…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-ridley/if-you-think-being-descended-from-apes-is-bad-for-your-self-esteem/)

[Matt Ridley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-ridley/)

> [Government can encourage innovation, but mainly by doing less, not doing more.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-ridley/government-can-encourage-innovation-but-mainly-by-doing-less-not/)

[Matt Ridley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-ridley/)

> [Note even Jonathan Swift would dare to write a satire in which politicians argued that - in a world where species are vanishing and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-ridley/note-even-jonathan-swift-would-dare-to-write-a-satire-in-which/)

[Matt Ridley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-ridley/)

> [The evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins in 1976 coined the term ‘meme’ for a unit of cultural imitation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-ridley/the-evolutionary-biologist-richard-dawkins-in-1976-coined-the-term/)

[Matt Ridley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-ridley/)

> [This idea holds out hope that the human race will prosper mightily in the years ahead-because ideas are having sex with each other as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-ridley/this-idea-holds-out-hope-that-the-human-race-will-prosper-mightily-in/)

[Matt Ridley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-ridley/)

> [“Well, in OUR country,’ said Alice, still panting a little, ‘you’d generally get to somewhere else—if you ran very fast for a long time,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-ridley/well-in-our-country-said-alice-still-panting-a-little-you-d-generally/)

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> [“Far from being choosy, female primates seemed to be initiators of much promiscuity. Hrdy began to suggest that there was something wrong with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-ridley/far-from-being-choosy-female-primates-seemed-to-be-initiators-of-much/)

[Matt Ridley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-ridley/)

> [Every minute, every second, the pattern of genes being expressed in your brain changes, often in direct or indirect response to events outside the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-ridley/every-minute-every-second-the-pattern-of-genes-being-expressed-in/)

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