Clinton Richard Dawkins, FRS, FRSL (born 26 March 1941) is an English ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author.
Intelligent life on a planet comes of age when it first works out the reason for its own existence. Use this quote
I was confirmed at my prep school at the age of 13. Use this quote
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. Use this quote
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. Use this quote
Personally, I rather look forward to a computer program winning the world chess championship. Humanity needs a lesson in humility. Use this quote
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. Use this quote
Segregation has no place in the education system. Use this quote
But perhaps the rest of us could have separate classes in science appreciation, the wonder of science, scientific ways of thinking, and the history of scientific ideas, rather than laboratory experience. Use this quote
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. Use this quote
The meme for blind faith secures its own perpetuation by the simple unconscious expedient of discouraging rational inquiry. Use this quote
