Anyone who considers protocol unimportant has never dealt with a cat.
ROBERT A. HEINLEINManners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.
More Robert A. Heinlein Quotes
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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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Never insult anyone by accident.
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No statement should be believed because it is made by an authority.
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Theologians can persuade themselves of anything.
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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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Political tags – such as royalist, communist, democrat, populist, fascist, liberal, conservative, and so forth – are never basic criteria.
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Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.
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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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I don’t see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes.
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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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Sex without love is merely healthy exercise.
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One man’s ‘magic’ is another man’s engineering. ‘Supernatural’ is a null word.
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You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don’t ever count on having both at once.
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The universe never did make sense; I suspect it was built on government contract.
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Never worry about theory as long as the machinery does what it’s supposed to do.
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