"Things exist either because they have recently come……" — Richard Dawkins
"Things exist either because they have recently come into existence or because they have qualities that made them unlikely to be destroyed in the past."
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530 Quotes by Richard Dawkins
Richard Dawkins has 530 quotes on this site.
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Natural selection is the blind watchmaker, blind because it does not see ahead, does not plan consequences, has no purpose…
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It is a remarkable coincidence that almost everyone has the same religion as their parents and it always just so…
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I believe that an orderly universe, one indifferent to human preoccupations, in which everything has an explanation even if we…
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Certainly I see the scientific view of the world as incompatible with religion, but that is not what is interesting…
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Scientific beliefs are supported by evidence, and they get results. Myths and faiths are not and do not.
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If circumcision has any justification AT ALL, it should be medical only. Parents' religion is the worst of all reasons…
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I've been reading an Alabama newspaper that one man shot another man because he beat him in a Bible-quoting competition.
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Science, as opposed to technology, does violence to common sense.
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Do you advocate the Ten Commandments as a guide to the good life? Then I can only presume that you…
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Evolution is as much a fact as the heat of the sun.
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Isn't it a remarkable coincidence almost everyone has the same religion as their parents ? And it always just happens…
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'Take offense at the drop of a hat' is the unwritten eleventh commandment.
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More Destroyed Quotes
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one of 1,168 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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John Dalton's records, carefully preserved for a century, were destroyed during the World War II bombing of Manchester. It is…
— Isaac Asimov
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Property may be destroyed and money may lose its purchasing power; but, character, health, knowledge and good judgement will always…
— Roger Babson
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Arab leaders worry more about making money from the profits they get from oil and gas that they turn the…
— Abu Bakar Bashir
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The crisis and recession have led to very low interest rates, it is true, but these events have also destroyed…
— Ben Bernanke
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The recent past always presents itself as if destroyed by catastrophes.
— Theodor Adorno
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Poetry fettered, fetters the human race. Nations are destroyed or flourish in proportion as their poetry, painting, and music are…
— William Blake
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I think people had somehow gotten the sense that we have explored everything, when that isn't the case. We so…
— James Cameron
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What is the system? It revolves around the banks, the system is built on the power of the banks, so…
— Eric Cantona
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My work is being destroyed almost as soon as it is printed. One day it is being read; the next…
— Al Capp
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I want the government to provide the military so we don't get invaded by somebody and destroyed. I want the…
— Benjamin Carson
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We must confront the privileged elite who have destroyed a large part of the world.
— Hugo Chavez
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I look upon indolence as a sort of suicide; for the man is effectually destroyed, though the appetites of the…
— Lord Chesterfield
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