Robert A. Heinlein quotes - page 5

What we think of as ‘Physical beauty' is almost certainly a tag for a complex of useful survival characteristics. Smartness-intelligence-among them. (Robert A. Heinlein)
Evolution is a process that never stops. Baboons who fail to exhibit moral behavior do not survive; they wind up as meat for leopards. View quote
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Nobody ever wins a lawsuit but the lawyers. View quote
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I think the major problem in growing up is to become sophisticated without becoming cynical. View quote
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My old man claimed that the more complicated the law the more opportunity for scoundrels. View quote
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By the laws of statistics we could probably approximate just how unlikely it is that it would happen. But people forget-especially those who ought to know better, such as yourself-that while the laws of statistics tell you how unlikely a particular coincidence is, they state just as firmly that coincidences do happen. View quote
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Aside from a cold appreciation of my own genius I felt that I was a modest man. View quote
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People don't really want change, any change at all - and xenophobia is very deep-rooted. But we progress, as we must - if we are to go out to the stars. View quote
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All normal human beings have soi-disant mixed-up glands. The race is divided into two parts: those who know this and those who do not. View quote
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Wisdom includes not getting angry unnecessarily. The Law ignores trifles and the wise man does, too. View quote
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The death rate is the same for us as for anybody ... one person, one death, sooner or later. (Robert A. Heinlein)
The capacity of the human mind for swallowing nonsense and spewing it forth in violent and repressive action has never yet been plumbed. View quote
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The best things in history are accomplished by people who get "tired of being shoved around.”. View quote
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Boats and ships are female because they are beautiful, lovable, expensive-and unpredictable. View quote
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I think perhaps of all the things a police state can do to its citizens, distorting history is possibly the most pernicious. View quote
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The less respect an older person deserves the more certain he is to demand it from anyone younger. View quote
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If you happen to be one of the fretful minority who can do creative work, never force an idea; you'll abort it if you do. Be patient and you'll give birth to it when the time is ripe. Learn to wait. View quote
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You're in bad shape when your emotions force you into acts which you know are foolish. View quote
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The Bible is such a gargantuan collection of conflicting values that anyone can prove anything from it. View quote
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A committee is the only known form of life with a hundred bellies and no brain. View quote
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I counted to ten slowly, using binary notation. (Robert A. Heinlein)
Every law that was ever written opened up a new way to graft. View quote
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There comes a time in the life of every human when he or she must decide to risk "his life, his fortune, and his sacred honor" on an outcome dubious. Those who fail the challenge are merely overgrown children, can never be anything else. View quote
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Premenstrual Syndrome: Just before their periods women behave the way men do all the time. View quote
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From my point of view, a great deal of openly expressed piety is insufferable conceit. View quote
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