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> [Never try to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and it annoys the pig.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-heinlein/never-try-to-teach-a-pig-to-sing-it-wastes-your-time-and-it-annoys/)

[Robert Heinlein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-heinlein/)

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## More by Robert Heinlein

> [“The uncounted days slid past while he argued with himself over the things that bothered him-problems that had made sad the soul of his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-heinlein/the-uncounted-days-slid-past-while-he-argued-with-himself-over-the/)

[Robert Heinlein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-heinlein/)

> [“It’s the bell curve again,” I said to Ishtar. “If—as Lazarus thinks, and statistics back him up—every migration comes primarily from the right-hand end…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-heinlein/it-s-the-bell-curve-again-i-said-to-ishtar-if-as-lazarus-thinks-and/)

[Robert Heinlein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-heinlein/)

> [Never try to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and it annoys the pig.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-heinlein/never-try-to-teach-a-pig-to-sing-it-wastes-your-time-and-it-annoys/)

[Robert Heinlein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-heinlein/)

> [“I believe that this hairless embryo with the aching oversized braincase and the opposable thumb—this animal barely up from the apes—will endure, will endure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-heinlein/i-believe-that-this-hairless-embryo-with-the-aching-oversized/)

[Robert Heinlein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-heinlein/)

> [“Writing can be learned, but not taught.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-heinlein/writing-can-be-learned-but-not-taught/)

[Robert Heinlein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-heinlein/)

> [“Apparently Blank thinks I am a nice accommodating guy, please explain to him that I am a son of a bitch”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-heinlein/apparently-blank-thinks-i-am-a-nice-accommodating-guy-please-explain/)

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> [“It scared him a little. He had once heard, and was inclined to credit, that a loss of interest in living marked the true…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-heinlein/it-scared-him-a-little-he-had-once-heard-and-was-inclined-to-credit/)

[Robert Heinlein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-heinlein/)

> [“There is no way that writers can be tamed and rendered civilized or even cured...the only solution known to science is to provide the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-heinlein/there-is-no-way-that-writers-can-be-tamed-and-rendered-civilized-or/)

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> [A government-supported artist is an incompetent whore! Robert A.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-heinlein/a-government-supported-artist-is-an-incompetent-whore-robert-a/)

[Robert Heinlein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-heinlein/)

> [“He had intended at first to send Ford down in the Chili. It was not gratitude that changed his mind, but respect. Once he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-heinlein/he-had-intended-at-first-to-send-ford-down-in-the-chili-it-was-not/)

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> [“Anybody can look at a pretty girl and see a pretty girl. An artist can look at a pretty girl and see the old…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-heinlein/anybody-can-look-at-a-pretty-girl-and-see-a-pretty-girl-an-artist-can/)

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> [When any government, or church for that matter, undertakes to say to it's subjects, this you may not read, this you must not see,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-heinlein/when-any-government-or-church-for-that-matter-undertakes-to-say-to-it/)

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> [How we behave toward cats here below determines our status in heaven.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-heinlein/how-we-behave-toward-cats-here-below-determines-our-status-in-heaven/)

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> [“Mistress mine, your unique and special quality is this: When I'm around you, I'm happy." "Richard!" "Quit blubbering. Can't stand a female who has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-heinlein/mistress-mine-your-unique-and-special-quality-is-this-when-i-m-around/)

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> [“I know that I am free because I alone am responsible for everything that I do.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-heinlein/i-know-that-i-am-free-because-i-alone-am-responsible-for-everything/)

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