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Word 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 alternative which I favor is to renounce all euphemisms and grasp the nettle of the word atheism itself, precisely because it is a taboo…
- Next time that somebody tells you something is true, why not say to them: 'What kind of evidence is there for that?' And if they…
- If ever there was a slamming of the door in the face of constructive investigation, it is the word miracle. To a medieval peasant, a…
- When I say that human beings are just gene machines, one shouldn't put too much emphasis on the word 'just.' There is a very great…
- The truth is more magical - in the best and most exciting sense of the word - than any myth or made-up mystery or miracle.…
- 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…
- A native speaker of English who has never read a word of the King James Bible is verging on the barbarian.
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- The thing is, acoustic could be like a four-letter word to a lot of kids. — Billie Joe Armstrong
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- When we speak the word 'life,' it must be understood we are not referring to life as we know it from its… — Antonin Artaud
- I prefer the word 'homemaker' because 'housewife' always implies that there may be a wife someplace else. — Bella Abzug
- A word after a word after a word is power. — Margaret Atwood
- If I waited for perfection... I would never write a word. — Margaret Atwood
- I think an artist, in my definition of that word, would not be someone who takes sides with the emperor against his… — Chinua Achebe
- India of the ages is not dead nor has she spoken her last creative word; she lives and has still something to… — Sri Aurobindo
- I guess the toughest things in translations are word play, which can never be reproduced exactly. — Paul Auster
- The reason is that till date, in spite of advances in information technology and strategies of information, the written word in the… — Ibrahim Babangida
- I'm a total Democrat. I'm anti-Republican. And it's only fair that you know it... I'm liberal. The L word! — Lauren Bacall
- A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the word you first thought of. — Burt Bacharach