Top 292 Quotes by Richard Dawkins

About Richard Dawkins

These are some quotes by English author Richard Dawkins Scientist, who was born on March 26, 1941.

The solution often turns out more beautiful than the puzzle.

The solution often turns out more beautiful than the puzzle.

Richard Dawkins

For me, the level at which natural selection causes the phenomenon of adaptation is the level of the replicator - the gene.

For me, the level at which natural selection causes the phenomenon of adaptation is the level of the replicator - the gene.

Richard Dawkins

A good theory explains a lot but postulates little.

A good theory explains a lot but postulates little.

Richard Dawkins

I don't think that it's up to government to dictate what people should wear.

I don't think that it's up to government to dictate what people should wear.

Richard Dawkins

In the original introduction to the word meme in the last chapter of 'The Selfish Gene,' I did actually use the metaphor of a 'virus.' So when anybody talks about something going viral on the Internet, that is exactly what a meme is, and it looks as though the word has been appropriated for a subset of that.

Richard Dawkins

Selfish genes actually explain altruistic individuals, and to me that's crystal-clear.

Selfish genes actually explain altruistic individuals, and to me that's crystal-clear.

Richard Dawkins

The theory of evolution by cumulative natural selection is the only theory we know of that is in principle capable of explaining the existence of organized complexity.

The theory of evolution by cumulative natural selection is the only theory we know of that is in principle capable of explaining the existence of organized complexity.

Richard Dawkins

I wouldn't want to have the thought police going to people's homes, dictating what they teach their children. I don't want to be Big Brotherish. I would hate that.

I wouldn't want to have the thought police going to people's homes, dictating what they teach their children. I don't want to be Big Brotherish. I would hate that.

Richard Dawkins

My thoughts, my beliefs, my feelings are all in my brain. My brain is going to rot.

My thoughts, my beliefs, my feelings are all in my brain. My brain is going to rot.

Richard Dawkins

Words are not trivial. They matter because they raise consciousness.

Words are not trivial. They matter because they raise consciousness.

Richard Dawkins

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