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Robert A. Heinlein quotes: I came, I saw, she conquered. The original Latin seems to have been garbled. I came, I saw, she conquered. The original Latin seems to have been garbled.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: Finish what you start. Keep submitting until it sells. Finish what you start. Keep submitting until it sells.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: I waited. Women talk when they want to. Or don't. I waited. Women talk when they want to. Or don't.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: An armed man need not fight. An armed man need not fight.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: Of all the creatures on this planet none is more dangerous than a human being. Of all the creatures on this planet none is more dangerous than a human being.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: !!!!Any BOOK Accepted as Cash!!!! !!!!Any BOOK Accepted as Cash!!!!
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: Every law that was ever written opened up a new way to graft. Every law that was ever written opened up a new way to graft.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: I've found out why people laugh. They laugh because it hurts so much ... because it's the only thing that'll make it stop hurting. I've found out why people laugh. They laugh because it hurts so much ... because it's the only thing that'll make it stop hurting.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: Most 'scientists' are bottle washers and button sorters. Most 'scientists' are bottle washers and button sorters.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: Spacemen die if they stay in one place. Spacemen die if they stay in one place.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: If you wanted to teach a baby a lesson, would you cut its head off? If you wanted to teach a baby a lesson, would you cut its head off?
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: Ben Caxton, I will lie right here in the grass and starve before I will get up to push a button that is six inches from your right forefinger. Ben Caxton, I will lie right here in the grass and starve before I will get up to push a button that is six inches from your right forefinger.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: Just a man, with a face-shaped face, Just a man, with a face-shaped face,
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: Ben m'boy," Jubal said gently, "as a reporter you are hard-working and sometimes readable. Ben m'boy," Jubal said gently, "as a reporter you are hard-working and sometimes readable.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: Democracy is four wolves and a sheep voting on dinner. Democracy is four wolves and a sheep voting on dinner.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: A committee is a life form with six or more legs and no brain. A committee is a life form with six or more legs and no brain.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: I scrolled on down to the obituaries. I usually read the obituaries first as there is always the happy chance that one of them will make my day. I scrolled on down to the obituaries. I usually read the obituaries first as there is always the happy chance that one of them will make my day.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: Because the world has gone nutty and art always paints the spirit of its times Because the world has gone nutty and art always paints the spirit of its times
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: Once a month, some women act like men act all the time. Once a month, some women act like men act all the time.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: Sovereign," like "love," means anything you want it to mean; it's a word in dictionary between "sober" and "sozzled. Sovereign," like "love," means anything you want it to mean; it's a word in dictionary between "sober" and "sozzled.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: Big money isn't hard to come by. All it costs is a lifetime of single-minded devotion to acquiring it and making it grow into more money. Big money isn't hard to come by. All it costs is a lifetime of single-minded devotion to acquiring it and making it grow into more money.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: Nursing does not diminish the beauty of a woman's breasts; it enhances their charm by making them look lived in and happy. Nursing does not diminish the beauty of a woman's breasts; it enhances their charm by making them look lived in and happy.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: A hero must hero. A hero must hero.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: Morals - all correct moral laws - derive from the instinct to survive. Moral behavior is survival behavior above the individual level. Morals - all correct moral laws - derive from the instinct to survive. Moral behavior is survival behavior above the individual level.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: Never insult anyone by accident. Never insult anyone by accident.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: I wonder how harmless such people are? To what extent civilization is retarded by the laughing jackasses, the empty-minded belittlers? I wonder how harmless such people are? To what extent civilization is retarded by the laughing jackasses, the empty-minded belittlers?
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: Most neuroses can be traced to the unhealthy habit of wallowing in the troubles of five billion strangers. Most neuroses can be traced to the unhealthy habit of wallowing in the troubles of five billion strangers.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: Once a man gets a reputation as a liar, he might as well be struck dumb, for people do not listen to the wind. Once a man gets a reputation as a liar, he might as well be struck dumb, for people do not listen to the wind.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: May you live as long as you wish and love as long as you live. May you live as long as you wish and love as long as you live.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: Son, the phrase is self-contradictory; "sense" is never "common". Son, the phrase is self-contradictory; "sense" is never "common".
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: Women will forgive anything. Otherwise, the race would have died out long ago. Women will forgive anything. Otherwise, the race would have died out long ago.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: Sin is cruelty and injustice, all else is peccadillo. Sin is cruelty and injustice, all else is peccadillo.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: Remember though, your best weapon is between your ears and under your scalp -provided it's loaded. Remember though, your best weapon is between your ears and under your scalp -provided it's loaded.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: I see your point. It irks you to see anyone at all who is able to work permitted to live without working. But why do you consider work a virtue? I see your point. It irks you to see anyone at all who is able to work permitted to live without working. But why do you consider work a virtue?
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: The best things in history are accomplished by people who get tired of being shoved around. The best things in history are accomplished by people who get tired of being shoved around.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: Correct or not, he felt himself to be a useless pensioner, an impotent object of charity. Correct or not, he felt himself to be a useless pensioner, an impotent object of charity.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: The price of freedom is the willingness to do sudden battle anywhere, any time and with utter recklessness. The price of freedom is the willingness to do sudden battle anywhere, any time and with utter recklessness.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: Always listen to experts. They'll tell you what can't be done, and why. Then do it. Always listen to experts. They'll tell you what can't be done, and why. Then do it.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: What we think of as 'Physical beauty' is almost certainly a tag for a complex of useful survival characteristics. Smartness intelligence among them. What we think of as 'Physical beauty' is almost certainly a tag for a complex of useful survival characteristics. Smartness intelligence among them.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: Geniuses and supergeniuses always make their own rules about sex as on everything else; they do not accept the monkey customs of their lessers. Geniuses and supergeniuses always make their own rules about sex as on everything else; they do not accept the monkey customs of their lessers.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: If you pray hard enough, water will run uphill. How hard? Why, hard enough to make water run uphill, of course! If you pray hard enough, water will run uphill. How hard? Why, hard enough to make water run uphill, of course!
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: He had more than his share of that streak of anarchy which was the birthright of every American. He had more than his share of that streak of anarchy which was the birthright of every American.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: Live and learn, or you don't live long. Live and learn, or you don't live long.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: I know why we laugh. We laugh because it hurts, and it's the only thing to make it stop hurting. I know why we laugh. We laugh because it hurts, and it's the only thing to make it stop hurting.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: Women seem to have almost unlimited capacity for forgiveness. (Since it is usually a man who needs forgiveness, this must be a racial survival trait. Women seem to have almost unlimited capacity for forgiveness. (Since it is usually a man who needs forgiveness, this must be a racial survival trait.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: If I had found out anything, it was that they could print it faster than I could study it. If I had found out anything, it was that they could print it faster than I could study it.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: Duty is a debt you owe to yourself to fulfill obligations you have assumed voluntarily. Duty is a debt you owe to yourself to fulfill obligations you have assumed voluntarily.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: The word 'love' designates a subjective condition in which the welfare and happiness of another person are essential to one's own happiness. The word 'love' designates a subjective condition in which the welfare and happiness of another person are essential to one's own happiness.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: I refuse to grow younger. I came by my decrepitude the hard way and I propose to enjoy it. I refuse to grow younger. I came by my decrepitude the hard way and I propose to enjoy it.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: The meek shall inherit the earth - a 6 foot plot above them. The meek shall inherit the earth - a 6 foot plot above them.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire. The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: Correct morality can only be derived from what man is - not from what do-gooders and well-meaning aunt Nellies would like him to be. Correct morality can only be derived from what man is - not from what do-gooders and well-meaning aunt Nellies would like him to be.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: A community where everyone is a ruthless murderer, with handy access to death-dealing devices, is a very polite community. A community where everyone is a ruthless murderer, with handy access to death-dealing devices, is a very polite community.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: I object to conscription the way a lobster objects to boiling water: it may be his finest hour but it's not his choice. I object to conscription the way a lobster objects to boiling water: it may be his finest hour but it's not his choice.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others. One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: I don't gamble, if you will concede that poker is a game of skill. I don't gamble, if you will concede that poker is a game of skill.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: Dorcas, you already reek like a Marseilles cat house; don't wheedle Mike for more stinkum. Dorcas, you already reek like a Marseilles cat house; don't wheedle Mike for more stinkum.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: I believe in the honest craft of workmen. I believe in the honest craft of workmen.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: He never gave up his search for the Door into Summer. He never gave up his search for the Door into Summer.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: Sir, I can use profanity in more than a thousand languages, some having curses that will addle an egg at a hundred paces. Sir, I can use profanity in more than a thousand languages, some having curses that will addle an egg at a hundred paces.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: The thing to do with a silly remark is to fail to hear it. The thing to do with a silly remark is to fail to hear it.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: I am all that I grok. I am all that I grok.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: Talking with a Martian is something like talking with an echo. You don't get any argument but you don't get results either. Talking with a Martian is something like talking with an echo. You don't get any argument but you don't get results either.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: Man can be chained, but he cannot be domesticated. Man can be chained, but he cannot be domesticated.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: The hardest part of gaining any new idea is sweeping out the false idea occupying that niche. The hardest part of gaining any new idea is sweeping out the false idea occupying that niche.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor. Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: Stupidity cannot be cured with money, or through education, or by legislation. Stupidity cannot be cured with money, or through education, or by legislation.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: The sort of guardian you can hire is worth about as much as the sort of wife you can buy. The sort of guardian you can hire is worth about as much as the sort of wife you can buy.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: To die trying is the proudest humans thing. To die trying is the proudest humans thing.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: A woman is not property, and husbands who think otherwise are living in a dreamworld. A woman is not property, and husbands who think otherwise are living in a dreamworld.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: Die trying is the proudest human thing. Die trying is the proudest human thing.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: Churches thrive on martyrdom and persecution. Churches thrive on martyrdom and persecution.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: If you do not believe that a man will commit murder for one can of tomatoes, then you have never been hungry. If you do not believe that a man will commit murder for one can of tomatoes, then you have never been hungry.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: Anywhere is home to the man with a fat bank account - the cops leave him alone. Anywhere is home to the man with a fat bank account - the cops leave him alone.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: When there's nothing else you can do, breathe slower. There's no way it can hurt, and it might help. When there's nothing else you can do, breathe slower. There's no way it can hurt, and it might help.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: To assess the intelligence of a committee, divide the IQ of its stupidest member by the number of members. To assess the intelligence of a committee, divide the IQ of its stupidest member by the number of members.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: Harshaw concluded that man, a social animal, could not avoid government, any more than an individual could escape bondage to his bowels Harshaw concluded that man, a social animal, could not avoid government, any more than an individual could escape bondage to his bowels
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: Random chance is not sufficient to explain random chance. ~Jubal Harshaw Random chance is not sufficient to explain random chance. ~Jubal Harshaw
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: In Wilson's scale of evaluations breakfast rated just after life itself and ahead of the chance of immortality. In Wilson's scale of evaluations breakfast rated just after life itself and ahead of the chance of immortality.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: I did the only really brave thing I have ever done in my life: I inched forward. I did the only really brave thing I have ever done in my life: I inched forward.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: He was finding it ruinously expensive to be rich. He was finding it ruinously expensive to be rich.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: Sit back down - and for God's sake quit trying to be as nasty as I am; you don't have my years of practice. Sit back down - and for God's sake quit trying to be as nasty as I am; you don't have my years of practice.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: If it has to be done, a man - a real man - shoots his own dog himself; he doesn't hire a proxy who may bungle it. If it has to be done, a man - a real man - shoots his own dog himself; he doesn't hire a proxy who may bungle it.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: this has more aspects than a cat has hair. this has more aspects than a cat has hair.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: A friend who offers help without asking for explanations is a treasure beyond price. A friend who offers help without asking for explanations is a treasure beyond price.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: I'm not trying to frighten you, but only a fool makes predictions based on ignorance; I am not that sort of fool. I'm not trying to frighten you, but only a fool makes predictions based on ignorance; I am not that sort of fool.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: There are perhaps 5% of the population that simply can't think. There are another 5% who can, and do. The remaining 90% can think, but don't There are perhaps 5% of the population that simply can't think. There are another 5% who can, and do. The remaining 90% can think, but don't
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: Specialisation is for insects! Specialisation is for insects!
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: Oh, you have to charge 'em, Jubal. The marks won't pay attention if it's free. Oh, you have to charge 'em, Jubal. The marks won't pay attention if it's free.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: Only the wearer knows where the shoe pinches. Only the wearer knows where the shoe pinches.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: good luck' follows careful preparation; 'bad luck' comes from sloppiness. good luck' follows careful preparation; 'bad luck' comes from sloppiness.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: Thou art God'. It's not a message of cheer and hope. It's a defiance - and an unafraid, unabashed assumption of personal responsibility. Thou art God'. It's not a message of cheer and hope. It's a defiance - and an unafraid, unabashed assumption of personal responsibility.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: Sex should be friendly. Otherwise stick to mechanical toys; it's more sanitary. Sex should be friendly. Otherwise stick to mechanical toys; it's more sanitary.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: One might almost define intelligence as the level at which an aware organism demands, 'What's in it for me? One might almost define intelligence as the level at which an aware organism demands, 'What's in it for me?
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: Secrecy is the beginning of tyranny Secrecy is the beginning of tyranny
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: ... certain feet were made for stepping on ,in order to improve the breed, promote the general welfare and minimize the ancient insolence of office.. ... certain feet were made for stepping on ,in order to improve the breed, promote the general welfare and minimize the ancient insolence of office..
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: Even with Las Vegas giddy around me I felt as alone as Robinson Crusoe. Even with Las Vegas giddy around me I felt as alone as Robinson Crusoe.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: It's amazing how much 'mature wisdom' resembles being too tired. It's amazing how much 'mature wisdom' resembles being too tired.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: Don't explain computers to laymen. Simpler to explain sex to a virgin. Don't explain computers to laymen. Simpler to explain sex to a virgin.
Robert A. Heinlein quotes: All my enemies are self-appointed. All my enemies are self-appointed.

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