A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a symptom of neurotic insecurity.
ROBERT A. HEINLEINThe universe never did make sense; I suspect it was built on government contract.
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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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There is no way that writers can be tamed and rendered civilized or even cured.
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Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.
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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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A society that gets rid of all its troublemakers goes downhill.
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Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors… and miss.
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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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Being right too soon is socially unacceptable.
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Never insult anyone by accident.
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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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They didn’t want it good, they wanted it Wednesday.
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No statement should be believed because it is made by an authority.
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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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You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don’t ever count on having both at once.
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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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