“Complex, statistically improbable things are by their nature more diff...” — Richard Dawkins Quote

“Complex, statistically improbable things are by their nature more difficult to explain than simple, statistically probable things.”

“My eyes are constantly wide open to the extraordinary fact of existence. Not just human existence, but the existence of life and how this breathtakingly powerful process, which is natural selection, has managed to take the very simple facts of physics and chemistry and build them up to redwood trees and humans.”

“Science replaces private prejudice with public, verifiable evidence.”

“A fundamentalist to somebody who absolutely knows what’s right because it’s written in a holy book.”

“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.”

“There are many very educated people who are religious, but they're not creationists.”

“I was rapping in 1939. It's old. The roots are complex. And kids don't know.”

“I was very short when I was little, so I probably had - and there may be a residue of it now - that Napoleon complex. Wanting to be as big and as powerful as the big guys.”

“I wouldn't say films are a natural process after modelling. Films are more complex. There is not much connection between ramp shows and films.”

“Writing for young children I find I often use particular jokes with words and exaggerated, funny events, but some of these haunt the more complex stories for older children too.”

“The human brain is probably one of the most complex single objects on the face of the earth; I think it is, quite honestly.”

“I think every writer has a book that haunts them, and on some level, every book you write is a reaction to it. 'Lolita' is that book for me. Nabokov's love of wordplay, descriptive detail, artfully complex plots, and his themes of obsession and lost love, are inspiring.”