The interesting question would be whether there's a Darwinian process, a kind of selection process whereby some memes are more likely to… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Even if 'going retrograde' or 'moving into Aquarius' were real phenomena, something that planets actually do, what influence could they possibly have… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
The very large brain that humans have, plus the things that go along with it - language, art, science - seemed to… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
I certainly would absolutely never do what some of my American colleagues do and object to religious symbols being used, putting crosses… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
A universe with a creator would be a totally different kind of universe, scientifically speaking, than one without. — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
If there are other worlds elsewhere in the universe, I would conjecture they are governed by the same laws of natural selection. — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
As a liberal, I would hesitate to propose a blanket ban on any style of dress because of the implications for individual… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
I think I would abolish schools which systematically inculcate sectarian beliefs. — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
In the 1920s and 1930s, scientists from both the political left and right would not have found the idea of designer babies… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
There is no refutation of Darwinian evolution in existence. If a refutation ever were to come about, it would come from a… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
I would like people to appreciate science in the same way they appreciate the arts. — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Even if you believe a creator god invented the laws of physics, would you so insult him as to suggest that he… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
I wouldn't want to have the thought police going to people's homes, dictating what they teach their children. I don't want to… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Either Jesus had a father, or he didn't. The question is a scientific one, and scientific evidence, if any were available, would… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
At the deepest level, all living things that have ever been looked at have the same DNA code. And many of the same genes. — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
The word 'mundane' has come to mean 'boring' and 'dull', and it really shouldn't - it should mean the opposite. Because it comes from… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
“The fundamentalist Kurt Wise proclaims that all the evidence in the universe would not change his mind. The true scientist, however passionately he may… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
“I have found it an amusing strategy, when asked whether I am an atheist, to point out that the questioner is also an atheist… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Religions do make claims about the universe--the same kinds of claims that scientists make, except they're usually false. — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
“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,… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
The recurrent laryngeal nerve - which runs from the head to the voice box - goes all the way down into the chest, loops… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
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,… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Let us understand what our own selfish genes are up to because we may then at least have the chance to upset their designs. — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
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… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Or why it is acceptable to train fast runners and high jumpers but not to breed them. I can think of some answers, and… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image