Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors… and miss.
ROBERT A. HEINLEINBy cultivating the beautiful we scatter the seeds of heavenly flowers, as by doing good we cultivate those that belong to humanity.
More Robert A. Heinlein Quotes
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Never insult anyone by accident.
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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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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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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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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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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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For me, politeness is a sine qua non of civilization.
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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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A society that gets rid of all its troublemakers goes downhill.
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Being right too soon is socially unacceptable.
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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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Theologians can persuade themselves of anything.
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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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One man’s theology is another man’s belly laugh.
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When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects, This you may not read, this you must not see, this you are forbidden to know, the end result is tyranny and oppression no matter how holy the motives.
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