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Robert A. Heinlein quotes

American Writer July 7, 1907 – May 8, 1988

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When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects, 'This you may not read, this you must not see, this you are forbidden to know,' the end result is tyranny and oppression, no matter how holy the motives. 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; t Robert A. Heinlein
When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects, This you may not read, this you must not see, this you are forbidden to know, the end result is tyranny and oppression no matter how holy the motives. Robert A. Heinlein
Robert A. Heinlein quote: "You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count..."
You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once. Robert A. Heinlein
Don't ever become a pessimist... a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun, and neither can stop the march of events. Robert A. Heinlein
Robert A. Heinlein quote: "How is a sincere criminal, trying hard, going to get ahead in..."
How is a sincere criminal, trying hard, going to get ahead in his profession if his victim fails to cooperate? Robert A. Heinlein
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
I see the beauty of Mike's attempt to devise an ideal ethic and applaud his recognition that such must start by junking the present sexual code and starting fresh. Most philosophers haven't the courage for this; they swallow the basics of the present code--monogamy, family pattern, continence, body taboos, conventional restrictions on intercourse, and so forth--then fiddle with details...even such piffle as discussing whether the female breast is an obscene sight! (p.365) Robert A. Heinlein
Happiness consists in getting enough sleep. Just that, nothing more. All the wealthy, unhappy people you're ever met take sleeping pills; Mobile Infantrymen don't need them. Give a cap trooper a bunk and time to sack out in it and he's as happy as a worm in an apple - asleep. Robert A. Heinlein
Cast me into a dungeon;, burn me at the state, crown me king of kings, I can 'pursue happiness' as long as my brain lives -- but neither gods nor saints, wise men nor subtle drugs, can insure that I will catch it. Robert A. Heinlein
Robert A. Heinlein quote: "Being sorry won't get you into heaven. Get happy, son. Get..."
Being sorry won't get you into heaven. Get happy, son. Get that old spring into your step and stay on your toes. Robert A. Heinlein
Most moral philosophers consciously or unconsciously assume the essential correctness of our cultural sexual code? family, monogamy, continence, the postulate of privacy, ... restriction of intercourse to the marriage bed, etcetera. Having stipulated our cultural code as a whole, they fiddle with details - even such piffle as solemnly discussing whether or not the female breast is an "obscene" sight! But mostly they debate how the human animal can be induced or forced to obey this code,... Robert A. Heinlein
Jill... had explained homosexuality, after Mike had read about it and failed to grok--and had given him rules for avoiding passes; she knew that Mike, pretty as he was, would attract such. He had followed her advice and had made his face more masculine, instead of the androgynous beauty he had had. But Jill was not sure that Mike would refuse a pass, say, from Duke--fortunately Mike's male water brothers were decidedly masculine, just as his others were very female women. Jill suspected... Robert A. Heinlein
Robert A. Heinlein quote: "God made alcohol and he made feet - and he made 'em so you..."
God made alcohol and he made feet - and he made 'em so you could put 'em together and be happy! Robert A. Heinlein
Robert A. Heinlein quote: "People who are busy and happy don't write diaries; they are..."
People who are busy and happy don't write diaries; they are too busy living. Robert A. Heinlein
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. Robert A. Heinlein

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