Professor Challenger, Conan Doyle's science hero, was a sort of irascible man constantly bellowing at people, so he was a little bit of a departure from both of those stereotypes.
Richard DawkinsThe body is a survival machine programmed to propagate the genes that reside inside it.
Richard DawkinsIn the case of Stalinism, people actually distorted science, because it was for the good of the Communist Party.
Richard DawkinsOf course, we would love to know more about the exact moment of Big Bang, but interposing an outside intelligence does nothing to add to that knowledge, as we still know nothing about the creation of that intelligence.
Richard Dawkins