Scientists are an agnostic lot, of course—well, most educated people are, aren’t they? - Frederik Pohl

Think of a frog as a functional machine designed to produce baby frogs. This is the Darwinian view, and is really what evolution is all about. In order to succeed, the frog has to stay alive long enough to grow up and get pregnant or get some female frog pregnant. That means it has to do two things. It has to eat. And it has to avoid being eaten.

You could rule the nation—and yet you don't seem to go after that power."
The mayor frowned. "Power, Mrs. O'Hare? You mean the chance to make laws and compel others to do what you want them to? Why, good heavens, Mrs. O'Hare, who in his right mind would want that?

Oh, it was work and no fooling. I enjoyed it very much, because I didn’t have to do it.