Evolution is a fact, as securely established as any in science, and he who denies it betrays woeful ignorance and lack of… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
If all the evidence in the universe turned in favour of creationism, I would be the first to admit it, and I… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
It's very important to try to inculcate into children moral rules, such as "do as you would be done by." — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
There are all sorts of things that would be comforting. I expect an injection of morphine would be comforting... But to say… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
The idea of tiny changes cumulated over many steps is an immensely powerful idea, capable of explaining an enormous range of things… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
It would be intolerant if I advocated the banning of religion, but of course I never have. — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Isn't it a remarkable coincidence almost everyone has the same religion as their parents ? And it always just happens to be… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
“organizing atheists has been compared to herding cats, because they tend to think independently and will not conform to authority. But a… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Evolution is a fact, as securely established as any in science, and he who denies it betrays woeful ignorance and lack of… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
One of the possible reasons why we might be good is that we're frightened, frightened of God. We want the reward in… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
The world is well supplied with spiders whose male ancestors died after mating. The world is bereft of spiders whose would-be ancestors… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
It would be really worrying if, as a Darwinian, it was impossible to think of ways in which our behavior could be… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
If children were taught to question and think through their beliefs, instead of being taught the superior virtue of faith without question,… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Superficially it's a problem if homosexuality is genetic - if the difference between people's sexual preferences is genetic - because at least… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
If complex organisms demand an explanation, so does a complex designer. And it's no solution to raise the theologian's plea that God… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
There is no reason for believing that any sort of gods exist, and quite good reasons for believing that they do not… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Bush and bin Laden are really on the same side: the side of faith and violence against the side of reason and… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
If the universe were just electrons and selfish genes, meaningless tragedies ... are exactly what we should expect, along with equally meaningless… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
It is universally accepted that an admission of atheism would be instant political suicide for any (U.S.) presidential candidate. — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Maybe somewhere in some other galaxy there is a super-intelligence so colossal that from our point of view it would be a… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
But what, after all, is faith? It is a state of mind that leads people to believe something - it doesn't matter… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
A gene might be able to assist replicas of itself that are sitting in other bodies. If so, this would appear as… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
The alternative which I favor is to renounce all euphemisms and grasp the nettle of the word atheism itself, precisely because it… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
I think what I'd really like to see would be a mass consciousness-raising movement so that we would all become vegetarian. — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
It is possible to enjoy the Mozart concerto without being able to play the clarinet. In fact, you can learn to be… — 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
