Quotes by Richard Dawkins

Richard Dawkins

Richard Dawkins

English ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author

Lived from: 1941 -

Category: Scientists | Writers (Contemporary) Country: FlagUnited Kingdom

Born: 26 march 1941

  • Science - or the products of science like technology - is just a way of achieving something real, something that happens, something that works.

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  • In Britain, Christianity is dying. Islam, unfortunately, isn't.
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  • A delusion is something that people believe in despite a total lack of evidence.
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  • Abort it and try again.
    Twitter, 20 August 2014
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  • Although many of us fear death, I think there is something illogical about it.
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  • Astrology is an aesthetic affront. It cheapens astronomy, like using Beethoven for commercial jingles.
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  • Beauty arises out of human inspiration.
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  • Don't kid yourself that you're going to live again after you're dead; you're not. Make the most of the one life you've got. Live it to the full.
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  • Einstein was adamant in rejecting all ideas of a personal god.
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  • Evolution never looks to the future.
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  • George Bush is a catastrophe for the world. And a dream for Bin Laden.
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  • How can you take seriously someone who likes to believe something because he finds it 'comforting'?
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  • I accept that there may be things far grander and more incomprehensible than we can possibly imagine.
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  • I am against religion because it teaches us to be satisfied with not understanding the world.
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  • I am baffled by the way sophisticated theologians who know Adam and Eve never existed still keep talking about it.
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  • I do feel visceral revulsion at the burka because for me it is a symbol of the oppression of women.
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  • I get the feeling more and more that religion is being left behind.
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  • I once wrote that anybody who believes the world is only 6,000 years old is either ignorant, stupid, insane or wicked.
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  • I would like people to appreciate science in the same way they appreciate the arts.
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  • I'm fascinated by the idea that genetics is digital. A gene is a long sequence of coded letters, like computer information. Modern biology is becoming very much a branch of information technology.
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  • I'm sure Obama is an atheist; I'm sure Kennedy was an atheist, but I doubt if Pope Frank is.
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What are the most famous quotes from Richard Dawkins?

The two most famous quotes from Richard Dawkins are:

  • "In Britain, Christianity is dying. Islam, unfortunately, isn't.
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  • "A delusion is something that people believe in despite a total lack of evidence.
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When did Richard Dawkins live?

Richard Dawkins was born in 1941.