"If something is true, no amount of wishful……" — Richard Dawkins

"If something is true, no amount of wishful thinking will change it."

— Richard Dawkins

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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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The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes… — Hannah Arendt
Wikileaks is a mechanism to maximize the flow of information to maximize the amount of action leading to just reform. — Julian Assange
The one thing I regret was that my work required an enormous amount of my time, and a lot of… — Neil Armstrong
NASA has been one of the most successful public investments in motivating students to do well and achieve all they… — Neil Armstrong
You need a certain amount of nerve to be a writer. — Margaret Atwood
The amount of things I have been through and the remarkable ways in which the body has reacted is just… — Amitabh Bachchan
Small amounts of philosophy lead to atheism, but larger amounts bring us back to God. — Francis Bacon
The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed… — Lord Acton
The reason I did fashion was it was the only way to get paid to do anything creative. You couldn't… — David Bailey
But I enjoyed getting sick, I didn't mind it at all. So in that short amount of time, I did… — Christian Bale
And as I stumbled onto Eastern philosophy and Buddhism, it was the first time I had ever read any sort… — Alan Ball
Excess of joy is harder to bear than any amount of sorrow. — Honore de Balzac

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