It’s an indulgence to sit in a room and discuss your beliefs as if they were a juicy piece of gossip.
ROBERT A. HEINLEINThe difference between science and the fuzzy subjects is that science requires reasoning while those other subjects merely require scholarship.
More Robert A. Heinlein Quotes
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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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For me, politeness is a sine qua non of civilization.
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An armed society is a polite society.
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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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May you live as long as you wish and love as long as you live.
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One man’s ‘magic’ is another man’s engineering. ‘Supernatural’ is a null word.
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There is no way that writers can be tamed and rendered civilized or even cured.
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The best thing about space travel is that it made it possible to go elsewhere.
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Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors… and miss.
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No statement should be believed because it is made by an authority.
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The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire.
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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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I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.
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Being right too soon is socially unacceptable.
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I don’t see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes.
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