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.
ROBERT A. HEINLEINSex without love is merely healthy exercise.
More Robert A. Heinlein Quotes
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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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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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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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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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There is no way that writers can be tamed and rendered civilized or even cured.
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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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I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.
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The best thing about space travel is that it made it possible to go elsewhere.
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A society that gets rid of all its troublemakers goes downhill.
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Don’t handicap your children by making their lives easy.
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They didn’t want it good, they wanted it Wednesday.
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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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Yield to temptation. It may not pass your way again.
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Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.
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