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Gentlemen, let's go row!

Robert A. Heinlein

Gentleman, Rowing

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It is said that God notes each sparrow that falls. And so He does. But the proper closest statement of it that can be made in English is that God cannot avoid noting the sparrow because the Sparrow is God. And when a cat stalks a sparrow both of them are God, carrying out God's thoughts.

Robert A. Heinlein

God, Fall, Cat

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I think the major problem in growing up is to become sophisticated without becoming cynical.

Robert A. Heinlein

Growing Up, Thinking, Cynical

Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “I Will Fear No Evil”, p.358, Penguin

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Another ingredient in a happy marriage: Budget the luxuries first!

Robert A. Heinlein

Luxury, Happy Marriage, Ingredients

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It's better to copulate than not.

Robert A. Heinlein

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No matter what I said they insisted on thinking of God as something outside themselves. Something that yearns to take every indolent moron to His breast and comfort him. The notion that the effort has to be their own . . . and that the trouble they are in is all their own doing . . . is one that they can't or won't entertain.

Robert A. Heinlein

Thinking, Effort, Comfort

Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Stranger in a Strange Land”, p.394, Penguin

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If tempted by something that feels 'altruistic,' examine your motives and root out that self-deception. Then, if you still want to do it, wallow in it!

Robert A. Heinlein

Roots, Self, Deception

Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Time Enough for Love”, p.233, Penguin

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By the laws of statistics we could probably approximate just how unlikely it is that it would happen. But people forget especially those who ought to know better, such as yourself that while the laws of statistics tell you how unlikely a particular coincidence is, they state just as firmly that coincidences do happen.

Robert A. Heinlein

Law, People, Statistics

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

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All normal human beings have soi-disant mixed-up glands. The race is divided into two parts: those who know this and those who do not.

Robert A. Heinlein

Race, Two, Normal

Robert A. Heinlein (1982). “Friday”

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Abstract knowledge is always useful, sooner or later.

Robert A. Heinlein

Abstract, Sooner Or Later

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There ought not to be anything in the whole universe that man can't poke his nose into-that's the way we're built and I assume that there's some reason for that.

Robert A. Heinlein

Science, Men, Noses

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There will always be survivors.

Robert A. Heinlein

Survivor

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I have never been impressed by the formal schools of ethics.

Robert A. Heinlein

School, Ethics, Formal

"Double Star". Book by Robert A. Heinlein, 1956.

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Once a man gets a reputation as a liar, he might as well be struck dumb, for people do not listen to the wind.

Robert A. Heinlein

Liars, Men, Wind

Robert A. Heinlein (2005). “Citizen of the Galaxy”, p.22, Simon and Schuster

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Are you trying to tell all of us we have a bad signal-to-noise ratio?

Robert A. Heinlein

Funny, Crazy, Silly

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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.

Robert A. Heinlein

Women, Gossip, Pieces

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Death isn't funny." "Then why are there so many jokes about death? Jill, with us — us humans — death is so sad that we must laugh at it.

Robert A. Heinlein

Laughing, So Sad, Humans

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

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Some logics get nervous breakdowns. Overloaded phone system behaves like frightened child. Mike did not have upsets, acquired sense of humor instead. Low one. If he were a man, you wouldn't dare stoop over. His idea of thigh-slapper would be to dump you out of bed — or put itch powder in pressure suit.

Robert A. Heinlein

Children, Men, Phones

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

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With eternity to draw on there could be no reason for hurrying - 'hurry' was not a concept in Martian.

Robert A. Heinlein

Life Changing, Eternity, Reason

Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Stranger in a Strange Land”, p.126, Penguin

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A zest for living must include a willingness to die.

Robert A. Heinlein

Zest, Motorcycle, Bikers

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Never cast pearls before swine.

Robert A. Heinlein

Pearls, Swine, Casts

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We learned not to waste ammo even on warriors except in self-protection

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Warrior, Self, Waste

Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Starship Troopers”, p.120, Penguin

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There is solemn satisfaction in doing the best you can for eight billion people. Perhaps their lives have no cosmic significance, but they have feelings. They can hurt.

Robert A. Heinlein

Hurt, Eight, People

"Double Star". Book by Robert A. Heinlein, 1956.

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Tilting at windmills hurts you more than the windmills.

Robert A. Heinlein

Hurt, Windmills

Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Time Enough for Love”, p.326, Penguin

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Specialisation is for insects!

Robert A. Heinlein

Insects

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Born: July 7, 1907
Died: May 8, 1988
Occupation: Science writer
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