I can remember at the age of about six being fascinated by the planets and learning all about Mars and Venus and things.
From Richard Dawkins
I have begun several projects which were never completed, not necessarily because they failed, but because I got interested in other things.
The state of Israel seems to owe its very existence to the American Jewish vote, while at the same time consigning the non-religious to political oblivion.
Nico Tinbergen was my doctoral supervisor, and he was a benign, avuncular sort of influence; everybody loved him.
I don't actually think 'The Selfish Gene' is a very good title. I think that's one of my worst titles.
I think a fundamentalist is somebody who believes something unshakably and isn't going to change their mind.
Humans are just a very, very small part of the panoply of life, and it is arguable that in a certain sense, humans have emancipated themselves from Darwinian selection.
Teachers who help to open young minds perform a duty which is as near sacred as I will admit.
I was never much bothered about moral questions like, 'How could there be a good God when there's so much evil in the world?'
What's wrong with being elitist if you are trying to encourage people to join the elite rather than being exclusive?
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