Richard Dawkins Quotes

Just as I wouldn't expect a gynecologist to have a debate with somebody who believes in the Stork-theory of reproduction, I won't do debates with Young Earth creationists.

Richard Dawkins

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DebateEarthYoungExpectJustWho

The thing that weighs the most on how your final artwork turns out is the amount of time you have and the speed at which you can move.

Jim Lee

TimeSpeedYouOutFinalMove

In most films - especially in regards to the protagonist - really from the get-go they set up some scenario that endears that character to the audience. Or imbues him with some nobility or heroism or something.

Joaquin Phoenix

CharacterHeroismHimAudienceUp

I like to write music. And I think exploring with lyrics and figuring out how to make complete songs is fun. I think I have a take on it. I don't know if it's great, but it's an interesting take. It's original.

Stone Gossard

MusicGreatFunThinkInteresting

I certainly believe it's over for the jury system, but we won't admit it for a while.

Joseph Wambaugh

BelieveAdmitOverJurySystem

I wanted to give my actor a break. I wanted to live and to learn English. I wanted to be anything, a cabdriver, a busboy, anything to keep me away from acting for a while.

Demian Bichir

LiveMeLearnActingActorAnything

I have been brought up and trained to have the utmost contempt for people who get drunk.

Winston Churchill

PeopleDrunkUpGetBeenWho

I very seldom compose anything in my head which later finds its way into text, except character names sometimes - I'm often very much inspired by things that I misunderstand.

William Gibson

CharacterSometimesWayNamesHead

I share everything with my family; all my happiness and success is theirs.

Philippe Coutinho

FamilySuccessHappinessEverything

I think the police are a major part of the glue that holds civilised life together. They're not highly paid.

Peter James

LifeTogetherPoliceThinkGlue

But I decline to say who has ever listened to them, who has written them, or other people who have sung them.

Pete Seeger

PeopleSayWhoDeclineEverThem

I grew up in an era of thinking of travel as escape. The idea that you could conceivably have a new life, go somewhere, fall in love, have little children under the palm trees.

Paul Theroux

LifeLoveChildrenTravelThinking

Difficult choices, unlike red wine, rarely improve with age.

Richard N. Haass

AgeRedChoicesWineDifficult

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