One could write a history of science in reverse by assembling the solemn pronouncements of highest authority about what could not be done and could never happen.
ROBERT A. HEINLEINThere is no way that writers can be tamed and rendered civilized or even cured.
More Robert A. Heinlein Quotes
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Never insult anyone by accident.
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Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors… and miss.
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One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others.
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I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.
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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 never learned from a man who agreed with me.
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Don’t handicap your children by making their lives easy.
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It’s an indulgence to sit in a room and discuss your beliefs as if they were a juicy piece of gossip.
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The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire.
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A society that gets rid of all its troublemakers goes downhill.
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For me, politeness is a sine qua non of civilization.
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It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.
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A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a symptom of neurotic insecurity.
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Political tags – such as royalist, communist, democrat, populist, fascist, liberal, conservative, and so forth – are never basic criteria.
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Yield to temptation. It may not pass your way again.
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