Robert A. Heinlein Quotes - Page 20

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• Never crowd youngsters about their private affairs - sex especially.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Sex, Crowds, Affair

  Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Time Enough for Love”, p.237, Penguin

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• Being sorry won't get you into heaven. Get happy, son. Get that old spring into your step and stay on your toes.

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  Sorry, Spring, Son

  Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Stranger in a Strange Land”, p.233, Penguin

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• Then I glanced at the ring on my finger. The Snake That Eats Its Own Tail, Forever and Ever. I know where I came from—but where did all you zombies come from? I felt a headache coming on, but a headache powder is one thing I do not take. I did once—and you all went away. So I crawled into bed and whistled out the light. You aren’t really there at all. There isn’t anybody but me—Jane—here alone in the dark. I miss you dreadfully!

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  Dark, Snakes, Light

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• Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor.

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  Issues, Naked, Violence

  Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Starship Troopers”, p.27, Penguin

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• The golden sunshine of Italy congealed into tears. Here's to alcoholic brotherhood ... much more suited to the frail human soul, if any, than any other sort.

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  Sunshine, Community, Soul

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• Nothing of value is free. Even the breath of life is purchased at birth only through gasping effort and pain.

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  Pain, Effort, Birth

  Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Starship Troopers”, p.76, Penguin

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• A long and wicked life followed by five minutes of perfect grace gets you into Heaven. An equally long life of decent living and good works followed by one outburst of taking the name of the lord in vain- then have a heart attack at that moment and be damned for eternity. Is that the system?

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  Religious, Heart, Names

  Robert A. Heinlein (1985). “Job, a Comedy of Justice”, Del Rey

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• He's an honest politician--he stays bought.

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  Honest, Politician

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

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• The saddest thing about ephemerals was that their little lives rarely held time enough for love.

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  Love, Life, Littles

  Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Time Enough for Love”, p.175, Penguin

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• The mind's ability to rationalize it's own shortcomings is unlimited; I am no exception.

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  Mind, Unlimited, Ability

  Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Stranger in a Strange Land”, p.208, Penguin

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• Anything which is physically possible can always be made financially possible; money is a bugaboo of small minds.

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  Inspirational, Engineering, Mind

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• I've found out why people laugh. They laugh because it hurts- because it's the only thing that'll make it stop hurting... I had been told that a 'funny' thing is a thing of goodness. It isn't... The goodness is in the laughing. I grok it is a bravery- and a sharing- against pain and sorrow and defeat.

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  Hurt, Pain, Funny Things

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• Neither individuals nor corporations have any right to come into court and ask that the clock of history be stopped, or turned back.

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  Corporations, Individual, Clock

  Robert A. Heinlein (2013). “The Man Who Sold the Moon and Orphans of the Sky”, p.36, Baen Publishing Enterprises

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• The more you love, the more you can love--and the more intensely you love. Nor is there any limit on how many you can love. If a person had time enough, he could love all of that majority who are decent and just.

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  Love, Justice, Majority

  Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Time Enough for Love”, p.232, Penguin

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• Revolution is an art that I pursue rather than a goal I expect to achieve. Nor is this a source of dismay; a lost cause can be as spiritually satisfying as a victory.

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  Art, Goal, Victory

  Robert A Heinlein (1966). “Moon Is Harsh Mistres”, Berkley

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• One should not attend even the end of the world without a good breakfast.

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  Funny Food, Breakfast, End Of The World

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• Once upon a time there was a Martian named Valentine Michael Smith.

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  Time, Valentine, Stranger In A Strange Land

  Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Stranger in a Strange Land”, p.11, Penguin

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• It's up to the artist to use language that can be understood, not hide it in some private code. Most of these jokers don't even want to use language you and I know or can learn . . . they would rather sneer at us and be smug, because we 'fail' to see what they are driving at. If indeed they are driving at anything--obscurity is usually the refuge of incompetence.

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  Artist, Obscurity, Use

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• Yes, Boss?' Dorcas, the last twenty or thirty years I've been a worthless, no-good parasite.' She yawned again. 'Everybody knows that.' Nevermind the flattery. There comes a time in every man's life when he has to stop being sensible--a time to stand up and be counted--strike a blow for liberty--smite the wicked.' Ummm...' So quit yawning, the time has come.' She glanced down. 'Maybe I had better get dressed.

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  Men, Blow, Years

  Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Stranger in a Strange Land”, p.89, Penguin

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• When railroading time comes you can railroad—but not before.

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  Railroads

  Robert A. Heinlein (1959). “The Door Into Summer”, Roc

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• Duty is a debt you owe to yourself to fulfill obligations you have assumed voluntarily.

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  Debt, Duty, Obligation

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

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• In terms of morals there is no such thing as ‘state.’ Just men. Individuals. Each responsible for his own acts.

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  Men, Moral, Individual

  Robert A Heinlein (1966). “Moon Is Harsh Mistres”, Berkley

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• The more you love, the more you can love - and the more intensely you love.

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  Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Time Enough for Love”, p.232, 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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• The way to find justice is to deal fairly with other people and not worry about how they deal with you.

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  People, Justice, Worry

  Robert A. Heinlein (2005). “Citizen of the Galaxy”, p.101, Simon and Schuster

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