"We who are atheists are also a-fairyists, a-teapotists,……" — Richard Dawkins

"We who are atheists are also a-fairyists, a-teapotists, and a-unicornists, but we don't have to bother saying so."

— 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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A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from… — Aristotle
To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today. — Isaac Asimov
It is not the Head but the Heart that is the Seat of Atheism. — Mary Astell
A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion. — Francis Bacon
Small amounts of philosophy lead to atheism, but larger amounts bring us back to God. — Francis Bacon
I had rather believe all the Fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal… — Francis Bacon
Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased… — Francis Bacon
You can educate yourself right out of a relationship with God. — Tammy Faye Bakker
People go to church for the same reasons they go to a tavern: to stupefy themselves, to forget their misery,… — Mikhail Bakunin
Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the… — Douglas Adams
Women get more unhappy the more they try to liberate themselves. — Brigitte Bardot
Belief in the supernatural reflects a failure of the imagination. — Edward Abbey

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