Richard Dawkins Quotes:
Ocupation: Ethologist
Life: b. March 26, 1941
Birthday: March 26
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me." The adage is true as long as you don't really believe the words. But if your whole upbringing, and everything you have ever been told by parents, teachers and priests, has led you to believe, really believe, utterly and completely, that sinners burn in hell (or some other obnoxious article of doctrine such as that a woman is the property of her husband), it is entirely plausible that words could have a more long-lasting and damaging effect than deeds.
topic: Teacher, Hurt, Husband, Sticks And Stones, Long Lasting
