For me, politeness is a sine qua non of civilization.
ROBERT A. HEINLEINIt’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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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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Being right too soon is socially unacceptable.
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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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Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.
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No statement should be believed because it is made by an authority.
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Anyone who considers protocol unimportant has never dealt with a cat.
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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 am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.
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A society that gets rid of all its troublemakers goes downhill.
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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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There is no way that writers can be tamed and rendered civilized or even cured.
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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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Never worry about theory as long as the machinery does what it’s supposed to do.
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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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Everything is theoretically impossible, until it is done.
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