Richard Dawkins Quotes & Sayings (Page 7)

“We are a unique ape. We have language. Other animals have systems of communication that fall far short of that. They don't have the same ability to communicate complicated conditionals and what-ifs and talk about things that are not present.”

“Nothing is wrong with peace and love. It is all the more regrettable that so many of Christ's followers seem to disagree.”

“I do sometimes accuse people of ignorance, but that is not intended to be an insult. I'm ignorant of lots of things. Ignorance is something that can be remedied by education.”

“Evil is a miscellaneous collection of nasty things that nasty people do.”

“I am baffled by the way sophisticated theologians who know Adam and Eve never existed still keep talking about it.”

“Coming out as an atheist can cost an academic his or her job in some parts of America, and many choose to keep quiet about their atheism.”

“I'm sure Obama is an atheist; I'm sure Kennedy was an atheist, but I doubt if Pope Frank is.”

“It doesn't hurt my feeling when I get vilified by fundamentalist religious people. I've actually made comedy out of it. I've made light of that.”

“As Darwin himself was at pains to point out, natural selection is all about differential survival within species, not between them.”

“When brains get sufficiently big, presumably, as human brains have, consciousness seems to emerge.”