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> [Evolution never looks to the future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/evolution-never-looks-to-the-future/)

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

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> [I was never much bothered about moral questions like, 'How could there be a good God when there's so much evil in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/i-was-never-much-bothered-about-moral-questions-like-how-could-there/)

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

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> [I am baffled by the way sophisticated theologians who know Adam and Eve never existed still keep talking about it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/i-am-baffled-by-the-way-sophisticated-theologians-who-know-adam-and/)

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

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> [I have begun several projects which were never completed, not necessarily because they failed, but because I got interested in other things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/i-have-begun-several-projects-which-were-never-completed-not/)

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

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> [It would be intolerant if I advocated the banning of religion, but of course I never have.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/it-would-be-intolerant-if-i-advocated-the-banning-of-religion-but-of/)

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

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> [A native speaker of English who has never read a word of the King James Bible is verging on the barbarian.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/a-native-speaker-of-english-who-has-never-read-a-word-of-the-king/)

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

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> [The usefulness of science is sometimes exaggerated. You'd never talk about music being useful or art being useful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/the-usefulness-of-science-is-sometimes-exaggerated-you-d-never-talk/)

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

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> [I've never been the sort of firebrand that I've been made out to be. I'm actually quite a mild person.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/i-ve-never-been-the-sort-of-firebrand-that-i-ve-been-made-out-to-be-i/)

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

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> [Design can never be an ultimate explanation for anything. It can only be a proximate explanation. A plane or a car is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/design-can-never-be-an-ultimate-explanation-for-anything-it-can-only/)

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

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> [I certainly would absolutely never do what some of my American colleagues do and object to religious symbols being used, putting crosses…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/i-certainly-would-absolutely-never-do-what-some-of-my-american/)

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

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> [Scientists disagree among themselves but they never fight over their disagreements. They argue about evidence or go out and seek new evidence.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/scientists-disagree-among-themselves-but-they-never-fight-over-their/)

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

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> [From a Darwinian perspective, it is clear what pain is doing. It's a warning: 'Don't do that again.' If you burn yourself,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/from-a-darwinian-perspective-it-is-clear-what-pain-is-doing-it-s-a/)

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

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> [Don't feel embarrassed if you've never heard of William Lane Craig. He parades himself as a philosopher, but none of the professors…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/don-t-feel-embarrassed-if-you-ve-never-heard-of-william-lane-craig-he/)

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

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> [The world is well supplied with spiders whose male ancestors died after mating. The world is bereft of spiders whose would-be ancestors…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/the-world-is-well-supplied-with-spiders-whose-male-ancestors-died/)

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

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## Other authors on Never

## 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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