Humans are not the end result of predictable evolutionary progress, but rather a fortuitous cosmic afterthought, a tiny little twig on the enormously arborescent bush of life, which if replanted from seed, would almost surely not grow this twig again.
Stephen Jay GouldIf I have any insight at all to contribute it is this: find out what you are really good at and stick to it.
Stephen Jay GouldResults rarely specify their causes unambiguously. If we have no direct evidence of fossils or human chronicles, if we are forced to infer a process only from its modern results, then we are usually stymied or reduced to speculation about probabilities. For many roads lead to almost any Rome.
Stephen Jay GouldIf there is any consistent enemy of science, it is not religion, but irrationalism.
Stephen Jay Gould