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Robert A. Heinlein quotes

American Writer July 7, 1907 – May 8, 1988

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She might say: “This mess will clear up if you take that troublemaker there — What’s your name? You, with the goatee — out and shoot him. Do it now.”--Glory Road; Heinlein Robert A. Heinlein
Robert A. Heinlein quote: "A woman is not property, and husbands who think otherwise are..."
A woman is not property, and husbands who think otherwise are living in a dreamworld. Robert A. Heinlein
Robert A. Heinlein quote: "A generation that ignores history has no past and no future."
A generation that ignores history has no past and no future. Robert A. Heinlein
Robert A. Heinlein quote: "A generation which ignores history has no past? and no future."
A generation which ignores history has no past? and no future. Robert A. Heinlein
Robert A. Heinlein quote: "Never underestimate the power of human stupidity."
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity. Robert A. Heinlein
Robert A. Heinlein quote: "It's a man's business to be what he is, and to be it in style."
It's a man's business to be what he is, and to be it in style. Robert A. Heinlein
The whole principle (censorship) is wrong; it's like demanding that grown men live on skim milk because the baby can't eat steak. Robert A. Heinlein
Consider the black widow spider. It's a timid little beastie, useful and, for my taste, the prettiest of the arachnids, with its shiny, patent-leather finish and its red hourglass trademark. But the poor thing has the fatal misfortune of possessing enormously too much power for its size. So everybody kills it on sight. Robert A. Heinlein
Robert A. Heinlein quote: "You got the impression that he never needed to sleep - just..."
You got the impression that he never needed to sleep - just ten-thousand-mile checkups and dust him off occasionally. Robert A. Heinlein
Its very variety, subtlety, and utterly irrational, idiomatic complexity makes it possible to say things in English which simply cannot be said in any other language. Robert A. Heinlein
Robert A. Heinlein quote: "His claim to Mars is lawyers' hogwash; as a lawyer myself I..."
His claim to Mars is lawyers' hogwash; as a lawyer myself I need not respect it. Robert A. Heinlein
...though weather is important while it happens it seems to me to be pretty dull to look back on. You can take descriptions of most any sort of weather out of an almanac and stick them in just anywhere; they'll probably fit. Robert A. Heinlein
Robert A. Heinlein quote: "in a matter of some generations all the stupid ones will die..."
in a matter of some generations all the stupid ones will die out and those with your discipline will inherit the Earth Robert A. Heinlein
Robert A. Heinlein quote: "A boy who gets a C- in 'Appreciation of Television' can't be..."
A boy who gets a C- in 'Appreciation of Television' can't be all bad. Robert A. Heinlein
It's a long story. Want a refill?"No, let's start the steak. Where's the button?"Right here."Well, push it."Me? You offered to cook."Ben Caxton, I will lie here and starve before I will get up to push a button six inches from you finger"As you wish." He pressed the button. "But don't forget who cooked dinner. Robert A. Heinlein

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