When the ancestors of the cheetah first began pursuing the ancestors of the gazelle, neither of them could run as fast as they can today. Richard Dawkins ancestorbegincheetah Change image and share on social
A constellation is not an entity at all, not the kind of thing that Uranus, or anything else, can sensibly be said to 'move into.' Richard Dawkins constellationentitykind Change image and share on social
I like to think 'The God Delusion' is a humorous book. I think, actually, it's full of laughs. And people who describe it as a polarizing book or as an aggressive book, it's just that very often they haven't read it. Richard Dawkins aggressivebookdelusion share on social
You can't even begin to understand biology, you can't understand life, unless you understand what it's all there for, how it arose - and that means evolution. Richard Dawkins arisebeginbiology Change image and share on social
There does seem to be a sense in which physics has gone beyond what human intuition can understand. We shouldn't be too surprised about that because we're evolved to understand things that move at a medium pace at a medium scale. We can't cope with the very tiny scale of quantum physics or the very large scale of relativity. Richard Dawkins copeevolvehuman share on social
Natural selection is anything but random. Richard Dawkins naturalrandomselection Change image and share on social
Darwin gives courage to the rest of science that we shall end up understanding literally everything, springing from almost nothing - a thought extremely hard to comprehend and believe. Richard Dawkins comprehendcouragedarwin Change image and share on social
If your plane is being hijacked by an armed man who, though prepared to take risks, presumably wants to go on living, there is room for bargaining. Richard Dawkins armbargainhijack Change image and share on social
Religion is capable of driving people to such dangerous folly that faith seems to me to qualify as a kind of mental illness. Richard Dawkins capabledangerousdrive Change image and share on social
God stands out in the universe as the most glaring of all superfluous sore thumbs. Richard Dawkins glaregodsore Change image and share on social