"If you don't understand how something works, never……" — Richard Dawkins

"If you don't understand how something works, never mind: just give up and say God did it. You don't know how the nerve impulse works? Good! You don't understand how memories are laid down in the brain? Excellent! Is photosynthesis a bafflingly complex process? Wonderful! Please don't go to work on the problem, just give up, and appeal to God."

— Richard Dawkins

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I know of my sex appeal. I know about sexuality, and I know how to use it - tastefully, of… — Rachel Bilson
An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts. — Otto von Bismarck
All the cliches of glamorous sophistication have little appeal to me. Do I want to live the British version of… — Sade Adu
Television provokes strong opinions, and sometimes we try a bit too hard to appeal to everyone. — Jo Brand
Science has nothing to be ashamed of even in the ruins of Nagasaki. The shame is theirs who appeal to… — Jacob Bronowski
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Autumn wins you best by this its mute appeal to sympathy for its decay. — Robert Browning
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