Robert A. Heinlein Quotes - Page 19

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• 'Savage' describes a cultural condition, not a degree of intelligence.

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  Degrees, Savages, Evolution

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• Man can be chained, but he cannot be domesticated.

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  Men, Society, Chained

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• When you're rich, you don't have friends; you just have endless acquaintances.

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  Rich, Endless, Acquaintance

  Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “I Will Fear No Evil”, p.309, Penguin

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• I wanted the feeling of romance and the sense of wonder I had known as a kid. I wanted the world to be what they had promised me it was going to be - instead of the tawdry, lousy fouled-up mess it is.

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  Kids, Romance, Feelings

  Robert A. Heinlein (2007). “Glory Road”, p.38, Macmillan

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• Always tell her she is beautiful, especially if she is not.

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  Beauty, Beautiful, Sex

  Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Time Enough for Love”, p.321, Penguin

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• The purpose of war is to support your government's decisions by force.

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  War, Government, Decision

  Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Starship Troopers”, p.54, Penguin

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• Always cut the cards...and smile when you lose.

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  Cutting, Cards, Losing

  Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Time Enough for Love”, p.37, Penguin

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• A fake fortuneteller can be tolerated. But an authentic soothsayer should be shot on sight. Cassandra did not get half the kicking around she deserved.

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  Sight, Fake, Kicking

  Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Time Enough for Love”, p.222, Penguin

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• The second best thing about space travel is that the distances involved make war very difficult, usually impractical, and almost always unnecessary. This is probably a loss for most people, since war is our race's most popular diversion, one which gives purpose and color to dull and stupid lives. But it is a great boon to the intelligent man who fights only when he must-never for sport.

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  Sports, War, Distance

  Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Time Enough for Love”, p.228, Penguin

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• Specialization is for insects.

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  Insects, Specialization

  Time Enough for Love "Intermission" (1973)

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• Evolution is a process that never stops. Baboons who fail to exhibit moral behavior do not survive; they wind up as meat for leopards.

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  Wind, Moral Behavior, Meat

  "Expanded Universe". Book by Robert A. Heinlein, 1980.

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• Take care of the cojones and the frijoles will take care of themselves. Try to have getaway money - but don't be fanatic about it.

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  Trying, Cojones, Care

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• English is capable of defining sentiments that the human nervous system is quite incapable of experiencing.

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  Defining, Nervous, English Language

  Robert A. Heinlein (2014). “Stranger in a Strange Land”, p.114, Hachette UK

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• The best things in history are accomplished by people who get tired of being shoved around.

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  Tired, People, Accomplished

  Robert A. Heinlein (2005). “Have Space Suit, Will Travel”, p.245, Simon and Schuster

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• The ethics of sex is a thorny problem. Each of us is forced to grope for a solution he can live with - in the face of preposterous, unworkable, and evil code of so-called 'Morals.' Most of us know the code is wrong, almost everybody breaks it. But we pay Danegeld by feeling guilty and giving lip service. Willy-nilly, the code rides us, dead and stinking, an albatross around the neck.

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  Sex, Evil, Giving

  Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Stranger in a Strange Land”, p.341, Penguin

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• I was there to see beautiful naked women. So was everybody else. It's a common failing.

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  Beautiful, Naked, Common

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• A great artist can look at an old woman, portray her exactly as she is ... and force the viewer to see the pretty girl she used to be ... more than that, he can make anyone with the sensitivity of an armadillo see that this lovely young girl is still alive

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  Girl, Artist, Lovely

  Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Stranger in a Strange Land”, p.303, Penguin

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• Circumstances can force your hand. So think ahead!

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  Thinking, Hands, Disaster

  Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Time Enough for Love”, p.227, Penguin

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• The average bloke . . . hates and fears all freedom, not only for others but for himself, and stamps it out wherever possible.

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  Hate, Average, Stamps

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• A zygote is a gamete's way of producing more gametes. This may be the purpose of the universe.

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  Love, Purpose, May

  Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Time Enough for Love”, p.229, Penguin

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• I see the beauty of Mike's attempt to devise an ideal ethic and applaud his recognition that such must start by junking the present sexual code and starting fresh. Most philosophers haven't the courage for this; they swallow the basics of the present code--monogamy, family pattern, continence, body taboos, conventional restrictions on intercourse, and so forth--then fiddle with details...even such piffle as discussing whether the female breast is an obscene sight! (p.365)

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  Sight, Female, Details

  Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Stranger in a Strange Land”, p.342, Penguin

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• When it don’t rain, the roof don’t leak; when it rains, I can’t fix it nohow.

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  Rain, Leaks, Roof

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• If you pray hard enough, water will run uphill. How hard? Why, hard enough to make water run uphill, of course!

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  Running, Water, Stupidity

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• A handy short definition of almost all science fiction might read: realistic speculation about possible future events, based solidly on adequate knowledge of the real world, past and present, and on a thorough understanding of the nature and significance of the scientific method.

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  Real, Past, Thorough Understanding

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• Die trying" is the proudest human thing.

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  Trying, Humans, Dies

  Robert A. Heinlein (2005). “Have Space Suit, Will Travel”, p.232, Simon and Schuster

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