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Idea Quotes by Richard Dawkins
- We need a name for the new replicator, a noun that conveys the idea of a unit of cultural transmission, or a unit of imitation.…
- The idea that God could only forgive our sins by having his son tortured to death as a scapegoat is surely, from an objective point…
- Some physicists solve that problem of the necessity of finely tuned physical constants ... by invoking the anthropic principle, saying, well, here we are, we…
- Sometimes in life it is a good idea to stop,sometimes it is a good idea to go on. The trick is to decide when to…
- The bitter hatreds that now poison Middle Eastern politics are rooted in the real or perceived wrong of the setting up of a Jewish State…
- It's a horrible idea that God, this paragon of wisdom and knowledge, power, couldn't think of a better way to forgive us our sins than…
- The idea of an afterlife where you can be reunited with loved ones can be immensely consoling - though not to me.
- I am very comfortable with the idea that we can override biology with free will.
- The idea of a divine creator belittles the elegant reality of the universe.
- It's a truly disgusting idea that the creator of the universe - capable of inventing the laws of physics and designing the evolutionary process -…
- In the 1920s and 1930s, scientists from both the political left and right would not have found the idea of designer babies particularly dangerous -…
- An Internet meme is a hijacking of the original idea. Instead of mutating by random change and spreading by a form of Darwinian selection, Internet…
- The very idea of supernatural magic - including miracles - is incoherent, devoid of sensible meaning.
More Idea Quotes
- I love the idea of anthropomorphizing machines. I love the idea of taking technology and giving it a personality. — J. J. Abrams
- Never in my wildest dreams did I entertain the idea that I would become a fashion designer. — Giorgio Armani
- I believe that the whole idea of the consumer society is tottering. We've kept ourselves going by producing more and more goods,… — Paul Auster
- In the United States Christmas has become the rape of an idea. — Richard Bach
- It's tough to be a 15- or 16-year-old athlete competing around the country. There's tension, there's media. I had no idea what… — Lance Armstrong
- There is in every madman a misunderstood genius whose idea, shining in his head, frightened people, and for whom delirium was the… — Antonin Artaud
- Writing comes more easily if you have something to say. — Sholem Asch
- A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one. — Mary Kay Ash
- The whole idea of a stereotype is to simplify. Instead of going through the problem of all this great diversity - that… — Chinua Achebe
- I'm a practised writer now. But when I began, I had no idea what this was going to be. I just knew… — Chinua Achebe
- I began writing at the age of 5, but there was a dark period between the ages of 8 and 16 when… — Margaret Atwood
- All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of will but… — Wystan Hugh Auden