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title: "27 Long Quotes By Robert A. Heinlein"
description: "27 Long quotes by Robert A. Heinlein. Plus more from Robert A. Heinlein and more Long sayings from other authors."
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> [If you don't like yourself, you can't like other people. -- Lazarus Long.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/if-you-don-t-like-yourself-you-can-t-like-other-people-lazarus-long/)

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

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> [May you live as long as you wish and love as long as you live.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/may-you-live-as-long-as-you-wish-and-love-as-long-as-you-live/)

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

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> [Anything free costs twice as much in the long run or turns out worthless.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/anything-free-costs-twice-as-much-in-the-long-run-or-turns-out/)

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

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> [You live and learn. Or you don't live long.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/you-live-and-learn-or-you-don-t-live-long/)

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

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> [Live and learn, or you don't live long.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/live-and-learn-or-you-don-t-live-long/)

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

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> [Life is short, but the years are long.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/life-is-short-but-the-years-are-long/)

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

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> [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/)

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> [To get anywhere, or even to live a long time, a man has to guess, and guess right, over and over again,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/to-get-anywhere-or-even-to-live-a-long-time-a-man-has-to-guess-and/)

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

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> [Being privileged to work hard for long hours at something you think is worth doing is the best kind of play.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/being-privileged-to-work-hard-for-long-hours-at-something-you-think/)

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

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> [Never worry about theory as long as the machinery does what it's supposed to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/never-worry-about-theory-as-long-as-the-machinery-does-what-it-s/)

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

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> [Get a shot off fast. This upsets him long enough to let you make your second shot perfect.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/get-a-shot-off-fast-this-upsets-him-long-enough-to-let-you-make-your/)

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

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> [Hate always sells well, but for repeat trade and the long pull happiness is sounder merchandise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/hate-always-sells-well-but-for-repeat-trade-and-the-long-pull/)

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

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> [Happiness lies in being privileged to work hard for long hours in doing whatever you think is worth doing. One man may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/happiness-lies-in-being-privileged-to-work-hard-for-long-hours-in/)

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

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> [Cast me into a dungeon;, burn me at the state, crown me king of kings, I can 'pursue happiness' as long as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/cast-me-into-a-dungeon-burn-me-at-the-state-crown-me-king-of-kings-i/)

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

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> [If it can't be expressed in figures, it is not science; it is opinion. It has long been known that one horse…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/if-it-can-t-be-expressed-in-figures-it-is-not-science-it-is-opinion/)

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

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> [The extremely tiny fraction who think regularly, accurately, creatively, and without self-delusion - in the long run, these are the only people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/the-extremely-tiny-fraction-who-think-regularly-accurately-creatively/)

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

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> [Cast me into a dungeon, burn me at the stake, crown me king of kings, I can 'pursue happiness' as long as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/cast-me-into-a-dungeon-burn-me-at-the-stake-crown-me-king-of-kings-i/)

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

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> [When the citizens of a nation will no longer volunteer to defend it, then it is probably not worth saving. No nation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/when-the-citizens-of-a-nation-will-no-longer-volunteer-to-defend-it/)

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

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> [Touch is the most fundamental sense. A baby experiences it, all over, before he is born and long before he learns to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/touch-is-the-most-fundamental-sense-a-baby-experiences-it-all-over/)

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

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> [Long human words (the longer the better) were easy, unmistakable, and rarely changed their meanings . . . but short words were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/long-human-words-the-longer-the-better-were-easy-unmistakable-and/)

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

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> [The hardest part about gaining any new idea is sweeping out the false idea occupying that niche. As long as that niche…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/the-hardest-part-about-gaining-any-new-idea-is-sweeping-out-the-false/)

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

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> [It's a long story. Want a refill?" "No, let's start the steak. Where's the button?" "Right here." "Well, push it." "Me? You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/it-s-a-long-story-want-a-refill-no-let-s-start-the-steak-where-s-the/)

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

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> [Happiness lies in being privileged to work hard for long hours in doing whatever you think is worth doing. One man may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/happiness-lies-in-being-privileged-to-work-hard-for-long-hours-in-2/)

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

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> [Note the individual and subjective nature of each case. No two are alike and there is no reason to expect them to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/note-the-individual-and-subjective-nature-of-each-case-no-two-are/)

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

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> [He should have known better because, early in his learnings under his brother Mahmoud, he had discovered that long human words (the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/he-should-have-known-better-because-early-in-his-learnings-under-his/)

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

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> [It is a bad sign when the people of a country stop identifying themselves with the country and start identifying with a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/it-is-a-bad-sign-when-the-people-of-a-country-stop-identifying/)

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

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> [Men are expendable; women and children are not. A tribe or a nation can lose a high percentage of its men and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/men-are-expendable-women-and-children-are-not-a-tribe-or-a-nation-can/)

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

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## Other authors on Long

## 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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