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I am against religion because it teaches us to be satisfied with not understanding the world. Richard Dawkins Religion 213
Segregation has no place in the education system. Richard Dawkins Education 126
DNA neither cares nor knows. DNA just is. And we dance to its music. Richard Dawkins Science 125
The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference. Richard Dawkins Design 125
The Bible should be taught, but emphatically not as reality. It is fiction, myth, poetry, anything but reality. As such it needs to be taught because it underlies so much of our literature and our culture. Richard Dawkins Poetry 115
Indeed organizing atheists has been compared to herding cats because they tend to think independently and will not conform to authority. Richard Dawkins Cat 115
Something pretty mysterious had to give rise to the origin of the universe. Richard Dawkins Uncategorized 112
Why would an allpowerful creator decide to plant his carefully crafted species on islands and continents in exactly the appropriate pattern to suggest irresistibly that they had evolved and dispersed from the site of their evolution Richard Dawkins Evolution 105
The fact that life evolved out of nearly nothing, some 10 billion years after the universe evolved out of literally nothing, is a fact so staggering that I would be mad to attempt words to do it justice. Richard Dawkins Justice 101
Evildoesnt mean doing things that have bad consequences for people. It means private thoughts and actions that are not to the Christian majoritys private liking. Richard Dawkins Evil 99
Science flies you to the moon. Religion flies you into buildings. Richard Dawkins Science 97
An atheist is just somebody who feels about Yahweh the way any decent Christian feels about Thor or Baal or the golden calf. We are all atheists about most of the gods that humanity has ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further. Richard Dawkins Religion 93
A herp is simply the kind of animal studied by a herpetologist and that is a pretty lame way to define an animal. The only other name that comes close is the biblical creeping thing Richard Dawkins Science 91
Many of us saw religion as harmless nonsense. Beliefs might lack all supporting evidence but, we thought, if people needed a crutch for consolation, where's the harm? September 11th changed all that. Richard Dawkins Religion 88
Religion is about turning untested belief into unshakable truth through the power of institutions and the passage of time. Richard Dawkins Religion 87
One of the truly bad effects of religion is that it teaches us that it is a virtue to be satisfied with not understanding. Richard Dawkins Ignorance 86
Nothing is wrong with peace and love. It is all the more regrettable that so many of Christ's followers seem to disagree. Richard Dawkins Peace 85
Science coverage could be improved by the recognition that science is timeless, and therefore science stories should not need to be pegged to an item in the news. Richard Dawkins Science 83
I have often said that I am a passionate Darwinian when it comes to explaining why we exist. Richard Dawkins Uncategorized 82
O darwinismo uma teoria de processos cumulativos to lentos que se desenrolam ao longo de milhares e milhes de anos. Todos os nossos juzos intuitivos sobre o que provvel mostramse errados por larga margem. Richard Dawkins Evolution 81
It has become almost a cliche to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science and proudly claim incompetence in mathematics. Richard Dawkins Science 80
Complex, statistically improbable things are by their nature more difficult to explain than simple, statistically probable things. Richard Dawkins Nature 78
The truth is more magical in the best and most exciting sense of the word than any myth or madeup mystery or miracle. Science has its own magic the magic of reality. Richard Dawkins Reality 77
One of the things that is wrong with religion is that it teaches us to be satisfied with answers which are not really answers at all. Richard Dawkins Religion 77
I once wrote that anybody who believes the world is only 6,000 years old is either ignorant, stupid, insane or wicked. Richard Dawkins Uncategorized 76
We humans are an extremely important manifestation of the replication bomb, because it is through us - through our brains, our symbolic culture and our technology - that the explosion may proceed to the next stage and reverberate through deep space. Richard Dawkins Technology 75
The enlightenment is under threat. So is reason. So is truth. So is science, especially in the schools of America. Richard Dawkins Uncategorized 75
Science is the poetry of reality. Richard Dawkins Science 75
The meme for blind faith secures its own perpetuation by the simple unconscious expedient of discouraging rational inquiry. Richard Dawkins Faith 73
The theory of evolution by cumulative natural selection is the only theory we know of that is in principle capable of explaining the existence of organized complexity. Richard Dawkins Capable 69
The idea of a divine creator belittles the elegant reality of the universe. Richard Dawkins Reality 69
It would be intolerant if I advocated the banning of religion, but of course I never have. Richard Dawkins Religion 67
At least the fundamentalists haven't tried to dilute their message. Their faith is exposed for what it is for all to see. Richard Dawkins Faith 67
When I say that human beings are just gene machines, one shouldn't put too much emphasis on the word 'just.' There is a very great deal of complication, and indeed beauty in being a gene machine. Richard Dawkins Beauty 66
My point is not that religion itself is the motivation for wars, murders and terrorist attacks, but that religion is the principal label, and the most dangerous one, by which a they as opposed to a we can be identified at all. Richard Dawkins Religion 65
Isnt it sad to go to your grave without ever wondering why you were born Who with such a thought would not spring from bed eager to resume discovering the world and rejoicing to be part of it Richard Dawkins Wonder 63
God exists, if only in the form of a meme with high survival value, or infective power, in the environment provided by human culture. Richard Dawkins Power 62
Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence. Faith is belief in spite of, even perhaps because of, the lack of evidence. Richard Dawkins Faith 61
The essence of life is statistical improbability on a colossal scale. Richard Dawkins Life 60
At the deepest level, all living things that have ever been looked at have the same DNA code. And many of the same genes. Richard Dawkins Uncategorized 59
Of course in science there are things that are open to doubt and things need to be discussed. But among the things that science does know, evolution is about as certain as anything we know. Richard Dawkins Uncategorized 58
I am one of those scientists who feels that it is no longer enough just to get on and do science. We have to devote a significant proportion of our time and resources to defending it from deliberate attack from organised ignorance. Richard Dawkins Science 58
...when two opposite points of view are expressed with equal intensity the truth does not necessarily lie exactly halfway between them. It is possible for one side to be simply wrong. Richard Dawkins Opinion 57
Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are born selfish. Richard Dawkins Uncategorized 57
Science replaces private prejudice with public verifiable evidence. Richard Dawkins Prejudice 56
It is interesting to wonder whether taxonomists of the future may regret the way our generation messed around with genomes. Richard Dawkins Science 55
Evolution is not a genetically controlled distortion of one adult form into another it is a genetically controlled alteration in a developmental program. Richard Dawkins Evolution 55
Today the theory of evolution is about as much open to doubt as the theory that the earth goes round the sun. Richard Dawkins Uncategorized 54
Design can never be an ultimate explanation for anything. It can only be a proximate explanation. A plane or a car is explained by a designer but that's because the designer himself, the engineer, is explained by natural selection. Richard Dawkins Car 53
I was confirmed at my prep school at the age of 13. Richard Dawkins age 53

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