Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.
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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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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The difference between science and the fuzzy subjects is that science requires reasoning while those other subjects merely require scholarship.
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I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.
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The universe never did make sense; I suspect it was built on government contract.
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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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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.
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Yield to temptation. It may not pass your way again.
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There is no way that writers can be tamed and rendered civilized or even cured.
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By cultivating the beautiful we scatter the seeds of heavenly flowers, as by doing good we cultivate those that belong to humanity.
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Theologians can persuade themselves of anything.
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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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Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of, but do it in private and wash your hands afterwards.
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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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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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A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a symptom of neurotic insecurity.
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