Selfishness Quote by Richard Dawkins Download Open image ““The gene is the basic unit of selfishness.”” — Richard Dawkins ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.6 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Selfishness The-selfish-gene
People who criticize The Selfish Gene like that often haven't read it. The selfish gene accounts for altruism toward kin and individuals who might… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
“there is a pressure for genes to be selfish, but in an enlightened way, to collaborate, coordinate, and play their small part in ensuring… — Daniel Bor Copy Share Image
“We have the power to defy the selfish genes of our birth and, if necessary, the selfish memes of our indoctrination.” — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
“Relatives share a substantial proportion of their genes. Each selfish gene therefore has its loyalties divided between different bodies.” — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
I've always been antagonistic to any naïve application of the selfish gene theory to politics. Some people have attempted to suggest that it means… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Selfish genes actually explain altruistic individuals, and to me that's crystal-clear. — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
“We have the power to defy the selfish genes of our birth and, if necessary, the selfish memes of our indoctrination. . . .… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Of course we're all programmed genetically to some extent. But the "selfish gene" thesis doesn't explain everything. — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
Just as blueprints don't necessarily specify blue buildings, selfish genes don't necessarily specify selfish organisms. As we shall see, sometimes the most selfish thing… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
Our minds have been built by selfish genes, but they have been built to be social, trustworthy and cooperative. — Matt Ridley Copy Share Image
“Many people think that the theory of the selfish gene says that “animals try to spread their genes.” That misstates the facts and it… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
“Genes aren’t designed to make us happy. They design us to make more copies of themselves.” — Joe Quirk 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
“I now know that deep within the human concept is something dark, selfish, and completely willing to do whatever is necessary to support the… — Melissa West Copy Share Image
Our world is drowning in a sea of self-centeredness. You can make yourself quite unique right away by leaving this ocean of selfishness and… — John Bytheway Copy Share Image
The State must act as the guardian of a millennial future in the face of which the wishes and the selfishness of the individual… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
“THE UNFORGIVEN Tell me if you've ever had to deal with these kinds of people: The kind who take and don't give. The kind… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
Selfishness is one of the principal fruits of the corruption of human nature; and it is obvious that selfishness disposes us to over-rate our… — William Wilberforce Copy Share Image
It is almost impossible to overestimate the value of true humility and its power in the spiritual life. For the beginning of humility is… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
“Be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful.” — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
“I was consumed by a selfishness and arrogance that I didn't dare let go of until I found a new persona to hide behind.” — Dorothy Koomson Copy Share Image
“We usually live our lives with the belief that "I sacrifice myself for everyone else," rather than thinking that "everyone else helps me.” — Jae Woong Kim Copy Share Image
