existence Quotes

If there are other worlds elsewhere in the universe, I would conjecture they are governed by the same laws of natural selection.

The universe doesn't owe us condolence or consolation; it doesn't owe us a nice warm feeling inside.

A universe with a creator would be a totally different kind of universe, scientifically speaking, than one without.

I have often said that I am a passionate Darwinian when it comes to explaining why we exist.

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.

We are a very, very unusual species.

I suppose I have a really loose interpretation of 'work', because I think that just being alive is so much work at something you don't always want to do. The machinery is always going. Even when you sleep.

Before I was shot, I always thought that I was more half-there than all-there - I always suspected that I was watching TV instead of living life. Right when I was being shot and ever since, I knew that I was watching television.

Being born is like being kidnapped. And then sold into slavery.

I never think that people die. They just go to department stores.