Robert A. Heinlein Quotes - Page 4

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• Your enemy is never a villain in his own eyes. Keep this in mind; it may offer a way to make him your friend. If not, you can kill him without hate — and quickly.

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  Friendship, Peace, Hate

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

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• The hardest part of gaining any new idea is sweeping out the false idea occupying that niche.

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  Ideas, Niche, Hardest

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• Happiness consists in getting enough sleep. Just that, nothing more.

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  Sleep, Enough Sleep, Enough

  Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Starship Troopers”, p.46, Penguin

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• Being privileged to work hard for long hours at something you think is worth doing is the best kind of play.

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  Hard Work, Thinking, Play

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• The Bible is such a gargantuan collection of conflicting values that anyone can prove anything from it.

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  Humour, Prove, Collections

  "The Number of the Beast". Book by Robert A. Heinlein, Chapter XXXVIII, p. 377, 1980.

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• Anything free costs twice as much in the long run or turns out worthless.

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  Running, Long, Cost

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• My old man claimed that the more complicated the law the more opportunity for scoundrels.

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  Opportunity, Men, Law

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

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• Taxes are not levied for the benefit of the taxed.

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  Liberty, Debt, Benefits

  Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Time Enough for Love”, p.235, Penguin

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• Mighty little force is needed to control a man whose mind has been hoodwinked; contrariwise, no amount of force can control a free man, a man whose mind is free. No, not the rack, not fission bombs, not anything - you can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him.

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  Men, Mind, Bombs

  Robert A. Heinlein (2007). “Glory Road”, p.318, Macmillan

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• Stupidity cannot be cured. Stupidity is the only universal capital crime; the sentence is death. There is no appeal, and execution is carried out automatically and without pity.

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  Stupid, Execution, Pity

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• Yield to temptation. It may not pass your way again.

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  Wisdom, Philosophy, Yield

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

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• Never appeal to a man's 'better nature.' He may not have one. Invoking his self-interest gives you more leverage.

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  Nature, Men, Self

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

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• Whether the authorities be invaders or merely local tyrants, the effect of such [gun control] laws is to place the individual at the mercy of the state, unable to resist.

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  Gun, Law, Tyrants

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• A woman is not property, and husbands who think otherwise are living in a dreamworld.

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  Marriage, Husband, Thinking

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

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• If you are part of a society that votes, then do so. There may be no candidates and no measures you want to vote for ... but there are certain to be ones you want to vote against. In case of doubt, vote against. By this rule you will rarely go wrong.

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  Doubt, May, Want

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

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• There are hidden contradictions in the minds of people who "love Nature" while deploring the "artificialities" with which "Man has spoiled Nature.'" The obvious contradiction lies in their choice of words, which imply that Man and his artifacts are not part of "Nature" : but beavers and their dams are.

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  Funny, Lying, Animal

  Time Enough for Love "Intermission" (1973)

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• All societies are based on rules to protect pregnant women and young children. All else is surplusage, excrescence, adornment, luxury, or folly which can - and must - be dumped in emergency to preserve this prime function. As racial survival is the only universal morality, no other basic is possible. Attempts to formulate a "perfect society" on any foundation other than "Women and children first!" is not only witless, it is automatically genocidal. Nevertheless, starry-eyed idealists (all of them male) have tried endlessly - and no doubt will keep trying.

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  Children, Luxury, Perfect

  Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Time Enough for Love”, p.225, Penguin

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• Animals can be driven crazy by placing too many in too small a pen. Homo sapiens is the only animal that voluntarily does this to himself.

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  Crazy, Animal, Doe

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• Always listen to experts. They'll tell you what can't be done, and why. Then do it.

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  Inspirational, Badass, Work

  Time Enough for Love "Intermission" (1973)

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• God created men to test the souls of women.

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  Men, Soul, Tests

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

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• Those who refuse to support and defend the state have no claim to protection by that state. Killing an anarchist or a pacifist should not be considered "murder" in a legalistic sense. The offense against the state, if any, should be "Using deadly weapons within city limits," or "Creating a traffic hazard," or other misdemeanor.

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  Peace, War, Cities

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• The Ten Commandments are for lame brains. The first five are solely for the benefit of the priests and the powers that be; the second five are half truths, neither complete nor adequate.

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  Brain, Religion, Lame

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

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• Everything in excess! To enjoy the flavor of life, take big bites. Moderation is for monks.

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  Inspirational, Excess, Flavor

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

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• There has grown up in the minds of certain groups in this country the notion that because a man or corporation has made a profit out of the public for a number of years, the government and the courts are charged with the duty of guaranteeing such profit in the future, even in the face of changing circumstances and contrary public interest. This strange doctrine is not supported by statute nor common law. 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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  Country, Men, Law

  "The Past Through Tomorrow" by Robert A. Heinlein, G. P. Putnam Inc., (p. 25), 1967.

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• Never tease an old dog; he might have one bite left.

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  Dog, Might, Tease

  Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Time Enough for Love”, p.19, Penguin

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