Intelligent life on a planet comes of age when it first works out the reason for its own existence. – Richard Dawkins
When I say that human beings are just gene machines, one shouldnt put too much emphasis on the word just. There is a very great deal of complication, and indeed beauty in being a gene machine. – Richard Dawkins
Science coverage could be improved by the recognition that science is timeless, and therefore science stories should not need to be pegged to an item in the news. – Richard Dawkins
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