Richard Dawkins

Mystics exult in mystery and want it to stay mysterious. Scientists exult in mystery for a different reason: It gives them something to do.

I do feel visceral revulsion at the burka because for me it is a symbol of the oppression of women.

Rather than say he's an atheist, a friend of mine says, 'I'm a tooth fairy agnostic,' meaning he can't disprove God but thinks God is about as likely as the tooth fairy.

I think we must quote whenever we feel that the allusion is interesting or helpful or amusing.

Empathy is born out of the old biblical injunction 'Love the neighbor as thyself.'

They said I couldn't play anything but an English boy. I knew I could. So I went to New York.