“Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.”
― Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988)
“Happiness consists in getting enough sleep. Just that, nothing more.”
― Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988)
“Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.”
― Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988)
“Don't handicap your children by making their lives easy.”
― Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988)
“You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once.”
― Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988)
“Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something.”
― Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988)
“Being a mother is an attitude, not a biological relation.”
― Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988)
“Sin lies only in hurting others unnecessarily. All other "sins" are invented nonsense.”
― Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988)
“Butterflies are self propelled flowers.”
― Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988)
“There are no dangerous weapons; there are only dangerous men.”
― Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988)
“A society that gets rid of all its troublemakers goes downhill.”
― Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988)
“Climate is what you expect, weather is what you get.”
― Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988)
“When one teaches, two learn.”
― Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988)
“Secrecy begets tyranny.”
― Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988)
“Yield to temptation...it may not pass your way again!”
― Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988)
"There seems to have been an actual decline in rational thinking. The United States had become a place where entertainers and professional athletes were mistaken for people of importance. They were idolized and treated as leaders; their opinions were sought on everything and they took themselves just as seriously-after all, if an athlete is paid a million or more a year, he knows he is important ... so his opinions of foreign affairs and domestic policies must be important, too, even though he proves himself to be ignorant and subliterate every time he opens his mouth."
― Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988)
"You can sway a thousand men by appealing to their prejudices quicker than you can convince one man by logic."
― Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988)
"I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do."
― Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988)
"Political tags - such as royalist, communist, democrat, populist, fascist, liberal, conservative, and so forth - are never basic criteria. The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire."
― Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988)
"The United States has become a place where entertainers and professional athletes are mistaken for people of importance."
― Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988)
"Never underestimate the power of human stupidity."
― Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988)
"Being right too soon is socially unacceptable."
― Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988)
"Remember though, your best weapon is between your ears and under your scalp -provided it's loaded."
― Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988)
"Democracy is four wolves and a sheep voting on dinner."
― Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988)
"The right to figure things out for yourself is the only true freedom everyone shares. Go use it."
― Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988)
"Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. Never underestimate the power of human stupidity."
― Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988)
"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects."
― Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988)
"No matter where or what, there are makers, takers, and fakers."
― Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988)
“Some people insist that 'mediocre' is better than 'best.' They delight in clipping wings because they themselves can't fly. They despise brains because they have none.”
― Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988)