Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.
ROBERT A. HEINLEINWomen and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.
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I don’t see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes.
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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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One man’s ‘magic’ is another man’s engineering. ‘Supernatural’ is a null word.
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One man’s theology is another man’s belly laugh.
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The universe never did make sense; I suspect it was built on government contract.
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Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.
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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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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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For me, politeness is a sine qua non of civilization.
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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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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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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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Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors… and miss.
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Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.
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