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Robert A. Heinlein quotes

American Writer July 7, 1907 – May 8, 1988

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Robert A. Heinlein quote: "Once a month, some women act like men act all the time."
Once a month, some women act like men act all the time. Robert A. Heinlein
Robert A. Heinlein quote: "God created men to test the souls of women."
God created men to test the souls of women. Robert A. Heinlein
If God existed (a question concerning which Jubal maintained a meticulous intellectual neutrality) and if He desired to be worshiped (a proposition which Jubal found inherently improbable but conceivably possible in the dim light of his own ignorance), then (stipulating affirmatively both the above) it nevertheless seemed wildly unlikely to Jubal to the point of reductio ad absurdum that a God potent to shape galaxies would be titillated and swayed by the whoop-te-do nonsense the Fosterites... Robert A. Heinlein
Revolution is an art that I pursue rather than a goal I expect to achieve. Nor is this a source of dismay; a lost cause can be as spiritually satisfying as a victory. Robert A. Heinlein
Robert A. Heinlein quote: "Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should..."
Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea. Robert A. Heinlein
Robert A. Heinlein quote: "Men rarely manage to dream up a god superior to themselves. ..."
Men rarely manage to dream up a god superior to themselves. Most gods have the manners and morals of a spoiled child. Robert A. Heinlein
- I'm so busy doing what I must do that I don't have time for what I ought to do... and I never get a chance to do what I want to do!- Son, that's universal. The way to keep that recipe from killing you is occasionally to do what you want to do anyhow. Robert A. Heinlein
Liberty is never unalienable; it must be redeemed regularly with the blood of patriots or it always vanishes. Of all the so-called natural human rights that have ever been invented, liberty is least likely to be cheap and is never free of cost. Robert A. Heinlein
Robert A. Heinlein quote: "Men rarely if ever dream up a god superior to themselves...."
Men rarely if ever dream up a god superior to themselves. Most gods have the manners and morals of a spoiled child. Robert A. Heinlein
[He] stopped long enough to remind himself that this baby innocent was neither babyish nor innocent — was in fact sophisticated in a culture which he was beginning to realize, however dimly, was far in advance of human culture in some very mysterious ways… and that these naive remarks came from a superman — or what would do in place of a ‘superman’ for the time being. Robert A. Heinlein
Robert A. Heinlein quote: "Any group is weaker than a man alone unless they are perfectly..."
Any group is weaker than a man alone unless they are perfectly trained to work together. Robert A. Heinlein
Robert A. Heinlein quote: "Because the world has gone nutty and art always paints the..."
Because the world has gone nutty and art always paints the spirit of its times Robert A. Heinlein
There is a misconception, geocentric and anthropomorphic, common to the large majority the the earthbound, which causes them to visualize a planetary system stereoscopically. The mind's eye sees a sun, remote from a backdrop of stars, and surrounded by spinning apples -- the planets. Step out on your balcony and look. Can you tell the planets from the stars? Venus you may pick out with ease, but could you tell it from Canopus, if you had not previously been introduced? That little red... Robert A. Heinlein
There is no worse tyranny than to force a man to pay for what he does not want merely because you think it would be good for him. Robert A. Heinlein
Robert A. Heinlein quote: "Goodness without wisdom always accomplishes evil."
Goodness without wisdom always accomplishes evil. Robert A. Heinlein

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