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Richard Dawkins Quotes

English - Scientist | March 26, 1941 -

As a liberal, I would hesitate to propose a blanket ban on any style of dress because of the implications for individual liberty and freedom of choice.

Richard Dawkins

Freedom Style Dress Choice Liberty

I am against religion because it teaches us to be satisfied with not understanding the world.

Richard Dawkins

Religion I Am World Understanding Us

I suppose if you look back to your early childhood you accept everything people tell you, and that includes a heavy dose of irrationality - you're told about tooth fairies and Father Christmas and things.

Richard Dawkins

Father Childhood People You Look

Sometimes I think it's possible to mistake desire for clarity and talking in a no-nonsense way for aggression.

Richard Dawkins

Mistake Think Talking Clarity Desire

My decision to be a scientist was a bit of a drift really, more or less by default.

Richard Dawkins

Decision More Drift Scientist Less

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

Living DNA Deepest Same Genes Level

The universe doesn't owe us condolence or consolation; it doesn't owe us a nice warm feeling inside.

Richard Dawkins

Warm Universe Feeling Nice Inside

It's an important point to realize that the genetic programming of our lives is not fully deterministic. It is statistical - it is in any animal merely statistical - not deterministic.

Richard Dawkins

Animal Important Realize Programming

Compassionate doctors sometimes lie to patients about the severity of their condition, and it is not always wrong to do so.

Richard Dawkins

Lie Wrong Sometimes Always Doctors

Don't feel embarrassed if you've never heard of William Lane Craig. He parades himself as a philosopher, but none of the professors of philosophy whom I consulted had heard his name, either.

Richard Dawkins

Name Feel Philosophy You Never Lane

It is a lamentable observation that because of the way our laws are skewed toward the plaintiff, London has become the libel capital of the world.

Richard Dawkins

World Observation London Way Become

You can legally lie about the real world to your heart's content, but until some human being is materially damaged, nobody will complain.

Richard Dawkins

Heart Lie World You Nobody Will

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