Richard Dawkins : (20)

" From a Darwinian perspective, it is clear what pain is doing. It’s a warning: ‘Don’t do that again.’ If you burn yourself, you’re never going to pick up a live coal again. " - Richard Dawkins

" Bereavement is terrible, of course. And when somebody you love dies, it’s a time for reflection, a time for memory, a time for regret. " - Richard Dawkins

" I do think imagination is enormously valuable, and that children should be encouraged in their imagination. That’s very true. " - Richard Dawkins

" Biology is the study of complicated things that have the appearance of having been designed with a purpose. " - Richard Dawkins

" A guided missile corrects its trajectory as it flies, homing in, say, on the heat of a jet plane’s exhaust. A great improvement on a simple ballistic shell, it still cannot discriminate particular targets. It could not zero in on a designated New York skyscraper if launched from as far away as Boston. " - Richard Dawkins

" The chances of each of us coming into existence are infinitesimally small, and even though we shall all die some day, we should count ourselves fantastically lucky to get our decades in the sun. " - Richard Dawkins

" Do you advocate the Ten Commandments as a guide to the good life? Then I can only presume that you don’t know the Ten Commandments. " - Richard Dawkins

" Segregation has no place in the education system. " - Richard Dawkins

" Notoriously, the United States is the most religious of the Western advanced nations. It’s a bit mysterious why that is. " - Richard Dawkins

" Astrology is an aesthetic affront. It cheapens astronomy, like using Beethoven for commercial jingles. " - Richard Dawkins