"They used their intelligence to control things around them, instead of letting nature and the strong-muscled have the…"

"Finally, in one fateful trillionth of a second, a nuclear compound was formed that had two very important properties:…"

"An animal doesn’t need to develop curiosity and intelligence if it has no problems that need solving."

"After a short flurry of national and international concern over the “death of the Sun,” the human race settled down t…"

"No data is preferable to poor data."

"Do you realize that when I get back from this trip two years from now I am going to be getting more in royalties from…"

"She normally did not pay very much attention to religion, but, as Leader of the Clan, she was automatically Chief Wor…"

"His eye-stubs reached out toward the Eyes in an attempt to copulate with the stars."

"The Leader of the Combined Clans, although nominally a devout worshiper of the God Bright, was willing to compartment…"

"If the computer had been a human, its eyebrows would have raised."