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title: "30 Doe Quotes By Robert A. Heinlein"
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> [Does history record any case in which the majority was right?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/does-history-record-any-case-in-which-the-majority-was-right/)

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

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> [History does not record anywhere or at any time a religion that has any rational basis.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/history-does-not-record-anywhere-or-at-any-time-a-religion-that-has/)

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

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> [I never do anything I don't want to do. Nor does anyone, but in my case I am always aware of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/i-never-do-anything-i-don-t-want-to-do-nor-does-anyone-but-in-my-case/)

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

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> [Wisdom includes not getting angry unnecessarily. The Law ignores trifles and the wise man does, too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/wisdom-includes-not-getting-angry-unnecessarily-the-law-ignores/)

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

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> [The moral difference between a soldier and a civilian is that the soldier accepts personal responsibility for the safety of the body…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/the-moral-difference-between-a-soldier-and-a-civilian-is-that-the/)

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

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> [Age does not bring wisdom... but it does give perspective... and the saddest sight of all is to see, far behind you,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/age-does-not-bring-wisdom-but-it-does-give-perspective-and-the/)

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

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> [Nursing does not diminish the beauty of a woman's breasts; it enhances their charm by making them look lived in and happy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/nursing-does-not-diminish-the-beauty-of-a-woman-s-breasts-it-enhances/)

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

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> [Death is an old friend; I know him well. I lived with him, ate with him, slept with him; to meet him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/death-is-an-old-friend-i-know-him-well-i-lived-with-him-ate-with-him/)

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

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> [Animals can be driven crazy by placing too many in too small a pen. Homo sapiens is the only animal that voluntarily…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/animals-can-be-driven-crazy-by-placing-too-many-in-too-small-a-pen/)

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

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> [There is no worse tyranny than to force a man to pay for what he does not want merely because you think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/there-is-no-worse-tyranny-than-to-force-a-man-to-pay-for-what-he-does/)

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

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> [I think that science fiction has a distinct therapeutic value because all of it has as its primary postulate that the world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/i-think-that-science-fiction-has-a-distinct-therapeutic-value-because/)

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

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> [Expertise in one field does not carry over into other fields. But experts often think so. The narrower their field of knowledge…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/expertise-in-one-field-does-not-carry-over-into-other-fields-but/)

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

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> [The most ridiculous concept ever perpetrated by Homo Sapiens is that the Lord God of Creation, Shaper and Ruler of the Universes,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/the-most-ridiculous-concept-ever-perpetrated-by-homo-sapiens-is-that/)

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

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> [Any government will work if authority and responsibility are equal and coordinate. This does not insure “good” government, it simply insures that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/any-government-will-work-if-authority-and-responsibility-are-equal/)

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

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> [Rarest of all is the man who can and does reason at all times, quickly, accurately, inclusively, despite hope or fear or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/rarest-of-all-is-the-man-who-can-and-does-reason-at-all-times-quickly/)

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

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> [Around the time of the Terran Caesar Augustus, a Martian artist had been composing a work of art. It could have been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/around-the-time-of-the-terran-caesar-augustus-a-martian-artist-had/)

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

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> [At least once every human should have to run for his life, to teach him that milk does not come from supermarkets,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/at-least-once-every-human-should-have-to-run-for-his-life-to-teach/)

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

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> [It is said that God notes each sparrow that falls. And so He does. But the proper closest statement of it that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/it-is-said-that-god-notes-each-sparrow-that-falls-and-so-he-does-but/)

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

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> [History does not record anywhere at any time a religion that has any rational basis. Religion is a crutch for people not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/history-does-not-record-anywhere-at-any-time-a-religion-that-has-any/)

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

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> [Moving parts in rubbing contact require lubrication to avoid excessive wear. Honorifics and formal politeness provide lubrication where people rub together. Often…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/moving-parts-in-rubbing-contact-require-lubrication-to-avoid/)

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

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> [But space travel can't ease the pressure on a planet grown too crowded not even with today's ships and probably not with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/but-space-travel-can-t-ease-the-pressure-on-a-planet-grown-too/)

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

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> [But does Man have any 'right' to spread through the universe? Man is what he is, a wild animal with the will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/but-does-man-have-any-right-to-spread-through-the-universe-man-is/)

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

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> [The ordinary bloke will not voluntarily pay for "art" that leaves him unmoved--if he does pay for it, the money has to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/the-ordinary-bloke-will-not-voluntarily-pay-for-art-that-leaves-him/)

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

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> [When the need arises - and it does - you must be able to shoot your own dog. Don't farm it out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/when-the-need-arises-and-it-does-you-must-be-able-to-shoot-your-own/)

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

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> [Darling, a true lady takes off her dignity with her clothes and does her whorish best. At other times you can be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/darling-a-true-lady-takes-off-her-dignity-with-her-clothes-and-does/)

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

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> [Unarmed hand-to-hand fighting does not change through the ages; only the name changes, and it has only one rule: do it first,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/unarmed-hand-to-hand-fighting-does-not-change-through-the-ages-only/)

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

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> [My dear, I used to think I was serving humanity . . . and I pleasured in the thought. Then I discovered…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/my-dear-i-used-to-think-i-was-serving-humanity-and-i-pleasured-in-the/)

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

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> [No storyteller has been able to dream up anything as fantastically unlikely as what really does happen in this mad Universe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/no-storyteller-has-been-able-to-dream-up-anything-as-fantastically/)

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

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> [Please don't invent a debt that does not exist, or next you will be trying to feel gratitude - and that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/please-don-t-invent-a-debt-that-does-not-exist-or-next-you-will-be/)

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

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> [What is supposed to happen in a democracy is that each sovereign citizen will always vote in the public interest for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/what-is-supposed-to-happen-in-a-democracy-is-that-each-sovereign/)

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

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## Other authors on Doe

## More by Robert A. Heinlein

> [Social responsibility above the level of family, or at most of tribe, requires imagination-- devotion, loyalty, all the higher virtues -- which a man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/social-responsibility-above-the-level-of-family-or-at-most-of-tribe/)

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

> [My folks tried to make a preacher of me and missed by a narrow margin… I would have made a good one if I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/my-folks-tried-to-make-a-preacher-of-me-and-missed-by-a-narrow-margin/)

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

> [Ninety percent of all human wisdom is the ability to mind your own business.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/ninety-percent-of-all-human-wisdom-is-the-ability-to-mind-your-own/)

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

> [If we blow ourselves up we will do it by misapplication of science; if we manage to keep from blowing ourselves up, it will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/if-we-blow-ourselves-up-we-will-do-it-by-misapplication-of-science-if/)

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

> [Nor would anybody suspect. If was one thing all people took for granted, was conviction that if you feed honest figures into a computer,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/nor-would-anybody-suspect-if-was-one-thing-all-people-took-for/)

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

> [Women will forgive anything. Otherwise, the race would have died out long ago.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/women-will-forgive-anything-otherwise-the-race-would-have-died-out/)

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

> [Most neuroses and some psychoses can be traced to the unnecessary and unhealthy habit of daily wallowing in the troubles and sins of five…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/most-neuroses-and-some-psychoses-can-be-traced-to-the-unnecessary-and/)

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

> [No statement should be believed because it is made by an authority.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/no-statement-should-be-believed-because-it-is-made-by-an-authority/)

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

> [“Some people are ants by nature; they have to work, even when it’s useless. Few people have a talent for constructive laziness.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/some-people-are-ants-by-nature-they-have-to-work-even-when-it-s/)

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

> [“The instinct to survive is human nature itself, and every aspect of our personalities derives from it. Anything that conflicts with the survival instinct…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/the-instinct-to-survive-is-human-nature-itself-and-every-aspect-of/)

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

> [“I tried to dig out of the computer a call directory for Luna. But it was still sulking. I could not get it to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/i-tried-to-dig-out-of-the-computer-a-call-directory-for-luna-but-it/)

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

> [“this has more aspects than a cat has hair.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/this-has-more-aspects-than-a-cat-has-hair/)

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

> [Never own more than you can carry in both hands at a dead run.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/never-own-more-than-you-can-carry-in-both-hands-at-a-dead-run/)

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

> [“In Wilson's scale of evaluations breakfast rated just after life itself and ahead of the chance of immortality." ~ By His Bootstraps / Robert A. Heinlein”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/in-wilson-s-scale-of-evaluations-breakfast-rated-just-after-life/)

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

> [Ignorance is curable, stupid is forever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/ignorance-is-curable-stupid-is-forever/)

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

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