Robert A. Heinlein Quotes - Page 14

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• The less respect an older person deserves the more certain he is to demand it from anyone younger.

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  Demand, Certain, Persons

  Robert A. Heinlein (2005). “Have Space Suit, Will Travel”, p.208, Simon and Schuster

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• There is an old, old story about a theologian who was asked to reconcile the Doctrine of Divine Mercy with the doctrine of infant damnation. 'The Almighty,' he explained, 'finds it necessary to do things in His official and public capacity which in His private and personal capacity He deplores.

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  Religion, Damnation, Doctrine

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• At one time kings were anointed by Deity, so the problem was to see to it that Deity chose the right candidate. In this age the myth is "the will of the people" ... but the problem changes only superficially.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Kings, People, Age

  "The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress". Book by Robert A. Heinlein, 1966.

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• Selfishness is the bedrock on which all moral behavior starts and it can be immoral only when it conflicts with a higher moral imperative.

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  Moral Behavior, Selfishness, Conflict

  "The Pragmatics of Patriotism". Address at the U.S. Naval Academy, April 5, 1973.

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• You have to give an editor something to change, or he gets fretful. After he pees in it, he likes the flavor better, so he buys it.

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  Editors, Giving, Flavor

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• A little more money won't do you any good - because daughters can use up ten percent more than a man can make in any normal occupation, regardless of the amount.

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  Daughter, Men, Use

  Robert A. Heinlein (2014). “Stranger in a Strange Land”, p.233, Hachette UK

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• I have never been able to see how a thirty-year old moron can vote more wisely than a fifteen-year old genius.

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  Years, Genius, Fifteen

  Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Starship Troopers”, p.232, Penguin

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• Sex should be friendly. Otherwise stick to mechanical toys; it's more sanitary.

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  Sex, Friendly, Toys

  Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Time Enough for Love”, p.226, Penguin

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• God split himself into a myriad parts that he might have friends. This may not be true, but it sounds good, and is no sillier than any other theology.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Religion, Sound, Splits

  Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Time Enough for Love”, p.322, Penguin

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• Formal courtesy between husband and wife is even more important than it is between strangers.

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  Husband, Wife, Important

  Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Time Enough for Love”, p.330, Penguin

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• I woke up in bed with a man and a cat. The man was a stranger; the cat was not

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  Cat, Men, Bed

  Robert A. Heinlein (1988). “To Sail Beyond the Sunset”

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• It's amazing how much 'mature wisdom' resembles being too tired.

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  Wisdom, Tired, Mature

  Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Time Enough for Love”, p.224, Penguin

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• I was not offended, my love. An insult is like a drink; it affects one only if accepted. And pride is too heavy baggage for my journey.

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  Pride, Journey, Baggage

  Robert A. Heinlein (2007). “Glory Road”, p.136, Macmillan

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• Sex without love is merely healthy exercise.

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  Love, Sex, Exercise

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• A skunk is better company than a person who prides himself on being 'frank'.

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  Clever, Pride, One Liner

  Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Time Enough for Love”, p.327, Penguin

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• It was better to live with disappointment and frustration than to live without hope.

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  Hope, Disappointment, Ambition

  Robert A. Heinlein (2014). “Waldo & Magic, Inc.”, p.107, Baen Publishing Enterprises

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• Take sex away from people. Make it forbidden, evil. Limit it to ritualistic breeding. Force it to back up into suppressed sadism. Then hand the people a scapegoat to hate. Let them kill a scapegoat occasionally for cathartic release. The mechanism is ages old. Tyrants used it centuries before the word "psychology" was ever invented. It works, too.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Sex, Hate, Hands

  "Revolt in 2100". Book by Robert A. Heinlein, 1953.

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• Roman matrons used to say to their sons: 'Come back with your shield or on it.' Later on, this custom declined. So did Rome... (but not before it created an Empire that changed the world -EM).

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  Leadership, Courage, Son

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• Rarest of all is the man who can and does reason at all times, quickly, accurately, inclusively, despite hope or fear or bodily distress, without egocentric bias or thalmic disturbance, with correct memory, with clear distinction between fact, assumption, and non-fact.

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  Motivational, Memories, Men

  Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Assignment in Eternity”, Pocket Books

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• I never do anything I don't want to do. Nor does anyone, but in my case I am always aware of it.

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  Doe, Want, Stranger In A Strange Land

  "Stranger in a Strange Land". Book by Robert A. Heinlein, June 1, 1961.

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• Only a sadistic scoundrel-or a fool-tells the bald truth on social occasions.

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  Truth, Fool, Sadistic

  Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Time Enough for Love”, p.323, Penguin

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• Men are more sentimental than women. It blurs their thinking.

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  Men, Thinking, Sentimental

  Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Time Enough for Love”, p.221, Penguin

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• Do not confuse "duty" with what other people expect of you; they are utterly different. Duty is a debt you owe to yourself to fulfill obligations you have assumed voluntarily. Paying that debt can entail anything from years of patient work to instant willingness to die. Difficult it may be, but the reward is self-respect.

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  Self, Years, People

  Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Time Enough for Love”, p.331, Penguin

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• Once there was a race, quite unlike the human race - quite. I have no way of describing to you what they looked like or how they lived, but they had one characteristic you can understand: they were creative. The creating and enjoying of works of art was their occupation and their reason for being.

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  Art, Race, Creating

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• Self awareness is NOT just a bunch of amino acids bumping together.

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  Inspirational, Funny, Motivational

  Robert A. Heinlein (1983). “Stranger in a Strange Land”, Berkley

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