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Man is the result of a purposeless and natural process that did not have him in mind.

— George Gaylord Simpson George Gaylord Simpson (1967)

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Exobiology - a curious development in view of the fact that this "science" has yet to demonstrate that its subject matter exists!

Simpson in: Elie Alexis Shneour (1966)

It is another aphorism that no ones knows everything about anything. That need not dull the pleasure and fascination of the fact that a great deal is known about some things.

Splendid Isolation (1980)

I don't think that evolution is supremely important because it is my specialty; it is my specialty because I think it is supremely important.

Edward J. Larson (2004)

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