Robert A. Heinlein Quotes - Page 26

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• A pacifist male is a contradiction in terms. Most self-described "pacifists" are not pacific; they simply assume false colors. When the wind changes, they hoist the Jolly Roger.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Self, Color, Wind

  Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Time Enough for Love”, p.223, 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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• We learned not to waste ammo even on warriors except in self-protection

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Warrior, Self, Waste

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

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• Never trust machinery more complicated than a knife and fork.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Knives, Complicated, Never Trust

  Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Stranger in a Strange Land”, p.151, Penguin

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• From the strictest humanitarian viewpoint, any attempt to stop the processes by which over crowded cities purge themselves is not a kindness.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Kindness, America, Cities

  Robert A. Heinlein (1982). “Friday”

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• The marks won't listen if it's free.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Mark, Ifs

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• Stupidity is the only natural capital offense.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Stupidity, Natural, Programming

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• Drop dead-but first get permit

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Firsts, Permit, Receipts

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

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• The only thing privacy laws accomplish is making the bugs smaller.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Law, Bugs, Privacy

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• But if you didn't have more urgent things to do after supper [in boot camp], you could write a letter, loaf, gossip, discuss the myriad mental shortcomings of sergeants and, dearest of all, talk about the female of the species (we became convinced that there was no such creatures, just mythology created by inflamed imaginations - one boy in our company claimed to have seen a girl, over at regimental headquarters; he was unanimously judged a liar and a braggart).

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Girl, Liars, Writing

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• There were many, many times thereafter that Don regretted having enlisted - but so has every man who ever volunteered for military service.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Military, Men, Soldier

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• Random chance was not a sufficient explanation of the Universe---in fact, random chance was not sufficient to explain random chance; the pot could not hold itself.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Random Chance, Facts, Pot

  Robert A. Heinlein (2014). “Stranger in a Strange Land”, p.150, Hachette UK

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• The stars incline, but do not impel.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Stars, Destiny, Incline

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• Must be yearning deep in human heart to stop other people from doing as they please.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Heart, People, Mistress

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

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• I am not going to talk about religious beliefs, but about matters so obvious that it has gone out of style to mention them.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Religious, Style, Matter

  "This I Believe", 1952.

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• Random chance is not sufficient to explain random chance. ~Jubal Harshaw

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Random Chance, Chance, Chances Are

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• A motion to adjourn is always in order.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Order

  Robert A. Heinlein (2005). “Tunnel in the Sky”, p.160, Simon and Schuster

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• I believe in - I am proud to belong to - the United States.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Believe, Proud, United States

  CBS Radio Show "This I Believe" with Edward R. Murrow, 1952.

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• Many short-sighted fools think that going to the Moon was just a stunt. But the astronauts knew the meaning of what they were doing, as is shown by Neil Armstrong's first words in stepping down onto the soil of Luna: "One small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind."

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Moon, Men, Thinking

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

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• Library Science is the key to all science, just as mathematics is its language - and civilization will rise or fall, depending on how well librarians do their jobs.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Jobs, Fall, Keys

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• An invention is something that was "impossible" up to then that's why governments grant patents.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Government, Patents, Impossible

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

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• Come Judgment Day, we may find that Mumbo Jumbo the God of the Congo was the Big Boss all along.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Boss, May, Judgment

  "Stranger in a Strange Land".

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• Nobody ever wins a lawsuit but the lawyers.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Winning, Lawyer, Lawsuit

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

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• It would take centuries and he must grow and grow and grow, but he was in no hurry--he grokked that Eternity and the ever-beautifully-changing Now were identical.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Eternity, Century, Grows

  Robert A. Heinlein (1977). “Stranger in a Strange Land”, Berkley Trade Pub

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• I believe in the honest craft of workmen.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Believe, Crafts, Honest

  "This I Believe", 1952.

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