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> [“Let's say you're walking around and you find a watch on the ground. As you examine it, you marvel at the intricately complex interweaving of its parts, a means to an end. Surely you wouldn't think this marvel would have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-paley/let-s-say-you-re-walking-around-and-you-find-a-watch-on-the-ground-as/)

William Paley

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## Other authors on Creationism

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-richard-dawkins-78503.jpg) Richard Dawkins 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/creationism/richard-dawkins/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-stephen-jay-gould-87041.jpg) Stephen Jay Gould 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/creationism/stephen-jay-gould/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-bill-nye-18005.jpg) Bill Nye 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/creationism/bill-nye/)

## More by William Paley

> [There's a certain amount of disorder that has to be reorganized.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-paley/there-s-a-certain-amount-of-disorder-that-has-to-be-reorganized/)

William Paley

> [“Let's say you're walking around and you find a watch on the ground. As you examine it, you marvel at the intricately complex interweaving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-paley/let-s-say-you-re-walking-around-and-you-find-a-watch-on-the-ground-as/)

William Paley

> [Who can refute a sneer?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-paley/who-can-refute-a-sneer/)

William Paley

> [“The infidelity of the Gentile world, and that more especially of men of rank and learning in it, is resolved into a principle which,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-paley/the-infidelity-of-the-gentile-world-and-that-more-especially-of-men/)

William Paley

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