Richard Dawkins

We humans are an extremely small part of the universe, but we are a very special part.

Isn't it sad to go to bed without having a single dream?

The magic of reality is far more potent than any magic of make-believe.

Genes are the units of natural selection.

The universe is a strange and wondrous place. The truth is quite odd enough to need no help from pseudoscientific charlatans.

Prior to our advent on the scene, the universe was not only without life, but without consciousness.

It is raining DNA outside. On the seashore the sea is raining DNA.

The real universe has no need for a creator.

We should not teach our children the evils of science.

Evolution is the true creator of life.

I have never had a religious upbringing.

The total amount of possible knowledge is infinite, but the amount we can acquire in a lifetime is finite.

Don't ask what your genes are for; ask what you are for.

Religion is about turning untested possibilities into unshakable dogma.

The world is full of things that are more wonderful than we can imagine.

Science boosts your capacity to understand yourself and the world.

I love the scientific world.

The illusion of design is overwhelmingly strong.

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

The more statistically improbable a thing is, the less we can believe that it just happened by chance.