“I said, “What do you think about it, Paul?”
The boss smiled gently. “I don’t. I haven’t enough data.””

—  Robert A. Heinlein, book Farmer in the Sky

Source: Farmer in the Sky (1950), Chapter 18, “Pioneer Party” (pp. 193-194)

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American science fiction author 1907–1988

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