Richard Dawkins quotes

“I'm not one of those who wants to purge our society of our Christian history.”

— Richard Dawkins

“It would be intolerant if I advocated the banning of religion, but of course I never have.”

— Richard Dawkins

“It's very likely that most mammals have consciousness, and probably birds, too.”

— Richard Dawkins

“Metaphors are fine if they aid understanding, but sometimes they get in the way.”

— Richard Dawkins

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

— Richard Dawkins

“My interest in biology was pretty much always on the philosophical side.”

— Richard Dawkins

“Physicists are working on the Big Bang, and one day they may or may not solve it.”

— Richard Dawkins

“Something pretty mysterious had to give rise to the origin of the universe.”

— Richard Dawkins

“I didn't have a very starry school career, I was medium to above average, nothing special.”

— Richard Dawkins

“I don't feel depressed. I feel elated.”

— Richard Dawkins

“I don't know what to think about magic and fairy tales.”

— Richard Dawkins

“I have often said that I am a passionate Darwinian when it comes to explaining why we exist.”

— Richard Dawkins

“I love words.”

— Richard Dawkins

“I was confirmed at my prep school at the age of 13.”

— Richard Dawkins

“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