For me, politeness is a sine qua non of civilization.
ROBERT A. HEINLEINThe difference between science and the fuzzy subjects is that science requires reasoning while those other subjects merely require scholarship.
More Robert A. Heinlein Quotes
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Never insult anyone by accident.
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I never learned from a man who agreed with me.
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Never worry about theory as long as the machinery does what it’s supposed to do.
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May you live as long as you wish and love as long as you live.
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Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.
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Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors… and miss.
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No statement should be believed because it is made by an authority.
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The difference between science and the fuzzy subjects is that science requires reasoning while those other subjects merely require scholarship.
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Jealousy is a disease, love is a healthy condition. The immature mind often mistakes one for the other, or assumes that the greater the love, the greater the jealousy.
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I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.
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I don’t see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes.
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The supreme irony of life is that hardly anyone gets out of it alive.
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Everything is theoretically impossible, until it is done.
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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 universe never did make sense; I suspect it was built on government contract.
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