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Mean Quotes by Richard Dawkins
- I do think the Roman Catholic religion is a disease of the mind which has a particular epidemiology similar to that of a virus... Religion…
- We should take astrology seriously. No, I don't mean we should believe in it. I am talking about fighting it seriously instead of humouring it…
- It could be that at some earlier time, somewhere in the universe, a civilization evolved by probably some kind of Darwinian means to a very,…
- I don't want to sound callous. I mean, even if I have nothing to offer, that doesn't matter, because that still doesn't mean that what…
- Scientific and technological progress themselves are value-neutral. They are just very good at doing what they do. If you want to do selfish, greedy, intolerant…
- No matter how much knowledge and wisdom you acquire during your life, not one jot will be passed on to your children by genetic means.…
- A delusion that encourages belief where there is no evidence is asking for trouble. Disagreements between incompatible beliefs cannot be settled by reasoned argument because…
- By all means let's be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out.
- I mean I think that when you've got a big brain, when you find yourself planted in a world with a brain big enough to…
- By all means let's be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out. -this quote is actually found in Carl Sagan's book The…
- I mean it as a compliment when I say that you could almost define a philosopher as someone who won't take common sense for an…
- Do you really mean to tell me the only reason you try to be good is to gain God's approval and reward, or to avoid…
- We think we know that chimpanzees are higher animals and earthworms are lower, we think we've always known what that means, and we think evolution…
- Why would anybody be intimidated by mere words? I mean, neither I nor any other athiest that I know ever threatens violence. We never threaten…
- If you're an atheist, you know, you believe, this is the only life you're going to get. It's a precious life. It's a beautiful life.…
- Evil…doesn’t mean doing things that have bad consequences for people. It means private thoughts and actions that are not to “the Christian majority’s” private liking.
- The word 'mundane' has come to mean 'boring' and 'dull', and it really shouldn't - it should mean the opposite. Because it comes from the…
More Mean Quotes
- The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all acts are… — Hannah Arendt
- I hate to look at the stuff I've written and consider what it means or why I do it. — J. J. Abrams
- Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion. — Aristotle
- Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit. — Aristotle
- Courage is a mean with regard to fear and confidence. — Aristotle
- Temperance is a mean with regard to pleasures. — Aristotle
- In making a speech one must study three points: first, the means of producing persuasion; second, the language; third the proper arrangement… — Aristotle
- Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make for themselves different modes of life and… — Aristotle
- Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in… — Aristotle
- I mean there's enormous pressures to harmonize freedom of speech legislation and transparency legislation around the world - within the E.U., between… — Julian Assange
- When I was a little kid - and even still - I loved magic tricks. When I saw how movies got made… — J. J. Abrams
- If you read quickly to get through a poem to what it means, you have missed the body of the poem. — M H Abrams