Quote by Richard Dawkins
For the first half of geological time our ancestors were bacteria.

For the first half of geological time our ancestors were bacteria. Most creatures still are bacteria, and each one of our trillions of cells is a colony of bacteria. – Richard Dawkins

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The meme for blind faith secures its own perpetuation by the simple unconscious expedient of discouraging rational inquiry. – Richard Dawkins

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We humans are an extremely important manifestation of the replication bomb, because it is through us – through our brains, our symbolic culture and our technology – that the explosion may proceed to the next stage and reverberate through deep space. – Richard Dawkins

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Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence. Faith is belief in spite of, even perhaps because of, the lack of evidence. – Richard Dawkins

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We are so used to dissembling with others that in time we come to deceive and dissemble with ourselves. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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I must govern the clock, not be governed by it. – Golda Meir

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Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all. – Sophocles

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