"Atheism is not a religion. Abstinence is not…" — Richard Dawkins

"Atheism is not a religion. Abstinence is not a sex position."

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530 Quotes by Richard Dawkins

Richard Dawkins has 530 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Natural selection is the blind watchmaker, blind because it does not see ahead, does not plan consequences, has no purpose…
It is a remarkable coincidence that almost everyone has the same religion as their parents and it always just so…
I believe that an orderly universe, one indifferent to human preoccupations, in which everything has an explanation even if we…
Certainly I see the scientific view of the world as incompatible with religion, but that is not what is interesting…
Scientific beliefs are supported by evidence, and they get results. Myths and faiths are not and do not.
If circumcision has any justification AT ALL, it should be medical only. Parents' religion is the worst of all reasons…
I've been reading an Alabama newspaper that one man shot another man because he beat him in a Bible-quoting competition.
Science, as opposed to technology, does violence to common sense.
Do you advocate the Ten Commandments as a guide to the good life? Then I can only presume that you…
Evolution is as much a fact as the heat of the sun.
Isn't it a remarkable coincidence almost everyone has the same religion as their parents ? And it always just happens…
'Take offense at the drop of a hat' is the unwritten eleventh commandment.

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Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation. — Saint Augustine
Half the vices which the world condemns most loudly have seeds of good in them and require moderate use rather… — Samuel Butler
I learned very early that our health is always impaired by some excess either of food or abstinence, and I… — Giacomo Casanova
Join me in Olympic Heros for Abstinence. The best sex is no sex. — Kurt Angle
My experience through life has convinced me that, while moderation and temperance in all things are commendable and beneficial, abstinence… — Robert E. Lee
The law itself exhibits justice and teaches wisdom by abstinence from sensible images and by calling out to the Maker… — Clement of Alexandria
Abstinence-only education - the best STD (Sexually Transmitted Disease) and pregnancy delivery system that politicians have ever devised. — Rachel Maddow
If a man aspires towards a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from injury to animals. — Albert Einstein
Temperance is moderation in the things that are good and total abstinence from the things that are foul. — Frances E. Willard
When I finally embraced abstinence it was because of the simple urge to work a longer day. Thus, without joining… — Clive James
Against diseases here the strongest fence is the defensive vertue, Abstinence. — Robert Herrick
It may not be easy, in every possible case, to trace the line of separation between the rights of religion… — James Madison

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