The best thing about space travel is that it made it possible to go elsewhere.
ROBERT A. HEINLEINNever worry about theory as long as the machinery does what it’s supposed to do.
More Robert A. Heinlein Quotes
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One man’s theology is another man’s belly laugh.
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Theology is never any help; it is searching in a dark cellar at midnight for a black cat that isn’t there.
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Everything is theoretically impossible, until it is done.
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Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of, but do it in private and wash your hands afterwards.
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When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects, This you may not read, this you must not see, this you are forbidden to know, the end result is tyranny and oppression no matter how holy the motives.
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I don’t see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes.
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For me, politeness is a sine qua non of civilization.
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Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own…
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Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors… and miss.
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Don’t ever become a pessimist… a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun, and neither can stop the march of events.
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When a place gets crowded enough to require ID’s, social collapse is not far away. It is time to go elsewhere.
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I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.
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Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.
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A society that gets rid of all its troublemakers goes downhill.
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To be matter-of-fact about the world is to blunder into fantasy – and dull fantasy at that, as the real world is strange and wonderful.
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