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title: "45 Genes Quotes By Richard Dawkins"
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> [“Los genes operan de manera misteriosa.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/los-genes-operan-de-manera-misteriosa/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

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> [Human beings are just gene machines.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/human-beings-are-just-gene-machines/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

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> [At the deepest level, all living things that have ever been looked at have the same DNA code. And many of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/at-the-deepest-level-all-living-things-that-have-ever-been-looked-at/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

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> [“The genes are master programmers, and they are programming for their lives.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/the-genes-are-master-programmers-and-they-are-programming-for-their/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

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> [The body is a survival machine programmed to propagate the genes that reside inside it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/the-body-is-a-survival-machine-programmed-to-propagate-the-genes-that/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

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> [“What shall it profit a male if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his immortal genes?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/what-shall-it-profit-a-male-if-he-shall-gain-the-whole-world-and-lose/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

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> [Let us understand what our own selfish genes are up to because we may then at least have the chance to upset…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/let-us-understand-what-our-own-selfish-genes-are-up-to-because-we-may/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

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> [Selfish genes actually explain altruistic individuals, and to me that's crystal-clear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/selfish-genes-actually-explain-altruistic-individuals-and-to-me-that/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

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> [“They have come a long way, those replicators. Now they go by the name of genes, and we are their survival machines.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/they-have-come-a-long-way-those-replicators-now-they-go-by-the-name/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

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> [I am an enthusiastic Darwinian, but I think Darwinism is too big a theory to be confined to the narrow context of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/i-am-an-enthusiastic-darwinian-but-i-think-darwinism-is-too-big-a/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

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> [When we talk about genes for anything, like a gene for being gay or a gene for being aggressive or something of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/when-we-talk-about-genes-for-anything-like-a-gene-for-being-gay-or-a/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

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> [Our brains are separate and independent enough from our genes to rebel against them.. we do so in a small way everytime…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/our-brains-are-separate-and-independent-enough-from-our-genes-to/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

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> [I've always been antagonistic to any naïve application of the selfish gene theory to politics. Some people have attempted to suggest that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/i-ve-always-been-antagonistic-to-any-na-ve-application-of-the-selfish/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

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> [We have sexual lust even though we know perfectly well that, because we're using contraception, it is not going to result in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/we-have-sexual-lust-even-though-we-know-perfectly-well-that-because/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

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> [The genetic code is not a binary code as in computers, nor an eight-level code as in some telephone systems, but a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/the-genetic-code-is-not-a-binary-code-as-in-computers-nor-an-eight/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

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> [Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are born selfish. Let us understand what our own selfish genes are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/let-us-try-to-teach-generosity-and-altruism-because-we-are-born-2/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

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> [The machine code of the genes is uncannily computer-like. Apart from differences in jargon, the pages of a molecular biology journal might…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/the-machine-code-of-the-genes-is-uncannily-computer-like-apart-from/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

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> [In true natural selection, if a body has what it takes to survive, its genes automatically survive because they are inside it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/in-true-natural-selection-if-a-body-has-what-it-takes-to-survive-its/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

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> [If the universe were just electrons and selfish genes, meaningless tragedies ... are exactly what we should expect, along with equally meaningless…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/if-the-universe-were-just-electrons-and-selfish-genes-meaningless/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

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> [In our prehistoric past, we would have lived in extended families, surrounded by kin whose interests we might have wanted to promote…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/in-our-prehistoric-past-we-would-have-lived-in-extended-families/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

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> [Superficially it's a problem if homosexuality is genetic - if the difference between people's sexual preferences is genetic - because at least…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/superficially-it-s-a-problem-if-homosexuality-is-genetic-if-the/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

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> [We have the same genetic code for all living creatures. We have a large number of genes that are manifestly the same,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/we-have-the-same-genetic-code-for-all-living-creatures-we-have-a/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

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> [An Internet meme is a hijacking of the original idea. Instead of mutating by random change and spreading by a form of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/an-internet-meme-is-a-hijacking-of-the-original-idea-instead-of/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

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> [We are going to die, and that makes us the lucky ones. Most people are never going to die, because they are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/we-are-going-to-die-and-that-makes-us-the-lucky-ones-most-people-are-5/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

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> [Very close cousins like humans and chimps have almost all their genes in common. Slightly less close cousins like humans and monkeys…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/very-close-cousins-like-humans-and-chimps-have-almost-all-their-genes/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

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> [Individuals are not stable things, they are fleeting. Chromosomes too are shuffled into oblivion, like hands of cards soon after they are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/individuals-are-not-stable-things-they-are-fleeting-chromosomes-too/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/we-are-survival-machines-robot-vehicles-blindly-programmed-to/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

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> [What you cannot have is a gene that sacrifices itself for the benefit of other genes. What you can have is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/what-you-cannot-have-is-a-gene-that-sacrifices-itself-for-the-benefit/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

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> [What are all of us but self-reproducing robots? We have been put together by our genes and what we do is roam…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/what-are-all-of-us-but-self-reproducing-robots-we-have-been-put/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

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> [When I say that human beings are just gene machines, one shouldn't put too much emphasis on the word 'just.' There is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/when-i-say-that-human-beings-are-just-gene-machines-one-shouldn-t-put/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

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> [They are in you and me; they created us, body and mind; and their preservation is the ultimate rationale for our existence.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/they-are-in-you-and-me-they-created-us-body-and-mind-and-their/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

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> [What really happens is that the gene pool becomes filled with genes that influence bodies in such a way that they behave…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/what-really-happens-is-that-the-gene-pool-becomes-filled-with-genes/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

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> [People who criticize The Selfish Gene like that often haven't read it. The selfish gene accounts for altruism toward kin and individuals…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/people-who-criticize-the-selfish-gene-like-that-often-haven-t-read-it/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

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> [We are built as gene machines and cultured as meme machines, but we have the power to turn against our creators. We,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/we-are-built-as-gene-machines-and-cultured-as-meme-machines-but-we/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

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> [A gene might be able to assist replicas of itself that are sitting in other bodies. If so, this would appear as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/a-gene-might-be-able-to-assist-replicas-of-itself-that-are-sitting-in/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

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> [I think that a new kind of replicator has recently emerged on this very planet. It is staring us in the face.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/i-think-that-a-new-kind-of-replicator-has-recently-emerged-on-this/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

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> [Suffering is a byproduct of evolution by natural selection, an inevitable consequence that may worry us in our more sympathetic moments but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/suffering-is-a-byproduct-of-evolution-by-natural-selection-an/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

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> [Suppose that there's a gene that makes you gay if you were bottle-fed but that has some completely different effect if you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/suppose-that-there-s-a-gene-that-makes-you-gay-if-you-were-bottle-fed/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

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> [Cheetah genes cooperate with cheetah genes but not with camel genes, and vice versa. This is not because cheetah genes, even in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/cheetah-genes-cooperate-with-cheetah-genes-but-not-with-camel-genes/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

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> [Granted, we may try to help our own family members because they share our DNA. Or help someone else in expectation that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/granted-we-may-try-to-help-our-own-family-members-because-they-share/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

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## Other authors on Genes

## More by Richard Dawkins

> [At the deepest level, all living things that have ever been looked at have the same DNA code. And many of the same genes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/at-the-deepest-level-all-living-things-that-have-ever-been-looked-at/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

> [The word 'mundane' has come to mean 'boring' and 'dull', and it really shouldn't - it should mean the opposite. Because it comes from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/the-word-mundane-has-come-to-mean-boring-and-dull-and-it-really/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

> [We animals are the most complicated things in the known universe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/we-animals-are-the-most-complicated-things-in-the-known-universe/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

> [“The fundamentalist Kurt Wise proclaims that all the evidence in the universe would not change his mind. The true scientist, however passionately he may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/the-fundamentalist-kurt-wise-proclaims-that-all-the-evidence-in-the/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

> [“I have found it an amusing strategy, when asked whether I am an atheist, to point out that the questioner is also an atheist…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/i-have-found-it-an-amusing-strategy-when-asked-whether-i-am-an/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

> [Religions do make claims about the universe--the same kinds of claims that scientists make, except they're usually false.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/religions-do-make-claims-about-the-universe-the-same-kinds-of-claims/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

> [“much of the Bible is not systematically evil but just plain weird, as you would expect of a chaotically cobbled-together anthology of disjointed documents,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/much-of-the-bible-is-not-systematically-evil-but-just-plain-weird-as/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

> [The recurrent laryngeal nerve - which runs from the head to the voice box - goes all the way down into the chest, loops…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/the-recurrent-laryngeal-nerve-which-runs-from-the-head-to-the-voice/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

> [The Roman Catholic Church is an institution for whose gains the phrase "ill-gotten" might have been specially invented. And of all its money-making rip-offs,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/the-roman-catholic-church-is-an-institution-for-whose-gains-the/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

> [Let us understand what our own selfish genes are up to because we may then at least have the chance to upset their designs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/let-us-understand-what-our-own-selfish-genes-are-up-to-because-we-may/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

> [What's going to happen when I die? I may be buried, or I may be cremated, I may give my body to science. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/what-s-going-to-happen-when-i-die-i-may-be-buried-or-i-may-be/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

> [Or why it is acceptable to train fast runners and high jumpers but not to breed them. I can think of some answers, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/or-why-it-is-acceptable-to-train-fast-runners-and-high-jumpers-but/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

> [We have seen that living things are too improbable and too beautifully 'designed' to have come into existence by chance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/we-have-seen-that-living-things-are-too-improbable-and-too/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

> [“We will not go quietly away. If in the future that requires violence”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/we-will-not-go-quietly-away-if-in-the-future-that-requires-violence/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

> [It's a truly disgusting idea that the creator of the universe - capable of inventing the laws of physics and designing the evolutionary process…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/it-s-a-truly-disgusting-idea-that-the-creator-of-the-universe-capable/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

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