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Universe Quotes by Richard Dawkins
- I believe that an orderly universe, one indifferent to human preoccupations, in which everything has an explanation even if we still have a long way…
- It is quite true that many scientists, many physicists, maintain that the physical constants, the half dozen or so numbers that physicists have to simply…
- Some physicists solve that problem of the necessity of finely tuned physical constants ... by invoking the anthropic principle, saying, well, here we are, we…
- We animals are the most complicated things in the known universe.
- Any entity capable of intelligently designing something as improbable as Dutchman's Pipe (or a universe) would have to be even more improbable than a Dutchman's…
- A God capable of continuously monitoring and controlling the individual status of every particle in the universe cannot be simple. His existence is going to…
- The history of science has been one long series of violent brainstorms, as successive generations have come to terms with increasing levels of queerness in…
- 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,…
- If the universe were just electrons and selfish genes, meaningless tragedies ... are exactly what we should expect, along with equally meaningless good fortune. Such…
- Maybe somewhere in some other galaxy there is a super-intelligence so colossal that from our point of view it would be a god. But it…
- Religions do make claims about the universe--the same kinds of claims that scientists make, except they're usually false.
- Why do more than 40 percent of Americans think that the Universe began after the domestication of the dog?
- Design cannot precede evolution and therefore cannot underlie the universe.
- To illustrate the vain conceit that the universe must be somehow pre-ordained for us, because we are so well-suited to live in it, he [Douglas…
- A universe with a God would look quite different from a universe without one. A physics, a biology where there is a God is bound…
- The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing…
- The universe doesn't owe us condolence or consolation; it doesn't owe us a nice warm feeling inside.
- The fact that life evolved out of nearly nothing, some 10 billion years after the universe evolved out of literally nothing, is a fact so…
- Something pretty mysterious had to give rise to the origin of the universe.
- 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…
- After sleeping through a hundred million centuries we have finally opened our eyes on a sumptuous planet, sparkling with color, bountiful with life. Within decades…
- The world and the universe is an extremely beautiful place, and the more we understand about it the more beautiful does it appear.
- If all the evidence in the universe turned in favour of creationism, I would be the first to admit it, and I would immediately change…
- 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…
- The idea of a divine creator belittles the elegant reality of the universe.
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- With a goose-quill and a few sheets of paper, I mock myself of the universe. They say I am the son of… — Pietro Aretino
- He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe. — Marcus Aurelius
- Observe constantly that all things take place by change, and accustom thyself to consider that the nature of the Universe loves nothing… — Marcus Aurelius
- Look out into the universe and contemplate the glory of God. Observe the stars, millions of them, twinkling in the night sky,… — Sai Baba
- Every legend, moreover, contains its residuum of truth, and the root function of language is to control the universe by describing it. — James A. Baldwin
- The only things in my life that compatibly exists with this grand universe are the creative works of the human spirit. — Ansel Adams
- There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here,… — Douglas Adams
- In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a… — Douglas Adams
- The four building blocks of the universe are fire, water, gravel and vinyl. — Dave Barry
- The creator of the universe works in mysterious ways. But he uses a base ten counting system and likes round numbers. — Scott Adams
- The principle of subordination is the great bond of union and harmony through the universe. — Catharine Beecher
- If Mr. Einstein doesn't like the natural laws of the universe, let him go back to where he came from. — Robert Benchley