No statement should be believed because it is made by an authority.
ROBERT A. HEINLEINIt’s an indulgence to sit in a room and discuss your beliefs as if they were a juicy piece of gossip.
More Robert A. Heinlein Quotes
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One man’s theology is another man’s belly laugh.
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Don’t handicap your children by making their lives easy.
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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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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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Never worry about theory as long as the machinery does what it’s supposed to do.
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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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Anyone who considers protocol unimportant has never dealt with a cat.
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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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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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Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.
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Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors… and miss.
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I never learned from a man who agreed with me.
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I don’t see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes.
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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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The universe never did make sense; I suspect it was built on government contract.
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