--- title: "Best Men Sayings by Robert A. Heinlein" description: "96 Men quotes by Robert A. Heinlein. Plus more from Robert A. Heinlein and more Men sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b91/robert-a-heinlein-209_be-good_there-is-no-worse-tyranny-than-to-force_1119409.jpg" --- > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b91/robert-a-heinlein-209_be-good_there-is-no-worse-tyranny-than-to-force_1119409.jpg) > [A little more money won't do you any good - because daughters can use up ten percent more than a man can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/a-little-more-money-won-t-do-you-any-good-because-daughters-can-use/) [Robert A. Heinlein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-heinlein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02b/robert-a-heinlein-209_daughter_a-little-more-money-won-t-do-you-any-goo_2957279.jpg) > [A critic is a man who creates nothing and thereby feels qualified to judge the work of creative men. There is logic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/a-critic-is-a-man-who-creates-nothing-and-thereby-feels-qualified-to/) [Robert A. Heinlein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-heinlein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e74/robert-a-heinlein-209_creative_a-critic-is-a-man-who-creates-nothing-an_2593357.jpg) > [Spacemen - men who work in space, pilots and jetmen and astrogators and such - are men who like a few million…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/spacemen-men-who-work-in-space-pilots-and-jetmen-and-astrogators-and/) [Robert A. Heinlein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-heinlein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a1/robert-a-heinlein-209_astronaut_spacemen-men-who-work-in-space-pilots-an_2882864.jpg) > [There was one field in which man was unsurpassed; he showed unlimited ingenuity in devising bigger and more efficient ways to kill…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/there-was-one-field-in-which-man-was-unsurpassed-he-showed-unlimited/) [Robert A. Heinlein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-heinlein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c62/robert-a-heinlein-209_bigger_there-was-one-field-in-which-man-was-uns_237035.jpg) > [Women seem to have almost unlimited capacity for forgiveness. (Since it is usually a man who needs forgiveness, this must be a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/women-seem-to-have-almost-unlimited-capacity-for-forgiveness-since-it/) [Robert A. Heinlein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-heinlein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ff/robert-a-heinlein-209_capacity_women-seem-to-have-almost-unlimited-capa_777413.jpg) > [Democracy is based on the assumption that a million men are wiser than one man. How's that again? I missed something.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/democracy-is-based-on-the-assumption-that-a-million-men-are-wiser/) [Robert A. Heinlein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-heinlein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df6/robert-a-heinlein-209_assumption_democracy-is-based-on-the-assumption-tha_2299743.jpg) > [There were many, many times thereafter that Don regretted having enlisted - but so has every man who ever volunteered for military…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/there-were-many-many-times-thereafter-that-don-regretted-having/) [Robert A. Heinlein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-heinlein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c8/robert-a-heinlein-209_army_there-were-many-many-times-thereafter-th_2358036.jpg) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2d/robert-a-heinlein-209_children_happiness-lies-in-being-privileged-to-wo_331928.jpg) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d43/robert-a-heinlein-209_all-time_rarest-of-all-is-the-man-who-can-and-doe_1131197.jpg) > [If men were the automatons that behaviorists claim they are, the behaviorist psychologists could not have invented the amazing nonsense called 'behaviorist…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/if-men-were-the-automatons-that-behaviorists-claim-they-are-the/) [Robert A. Heinlein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-heinlein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b64/robert-a-heinlein-209_claims_if-men-were-the-automatons-that-behavior_3023623.jpg) > [Patriotism is not sentimental nonsense. Nor something dreamed up by demagogues. Patriotism is as necessary a part of man's evolutionary equipment as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/patriotism-is-not-sentimental-nonsense-nor-something-dreamed-up-by/) [Robert A. Heinlein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-heinlein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bbb/robert-a-heinlein-209_equipment_patriotism-is-not-sentimental-nonsense-n_2204927.jpg) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c08/robert-a-heinlein-209_brain_cast-me-into-a-dungeon-burn-me-at-the-st_2980783.jpg) > [Take sides! Always take sides! You will sometimes be wrong - but the man who refuses to take sides must always be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/take-sides-always-take-sides-you-will-sometimes-be-wrong-but-the-man/) [Robert A. Heinlein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-heinlein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce7/robert-a-heinlein-209_men_take-sides-always-take-sides-you-will-so_1974034.jpg) > [It is impossible for a man to love his wife whole heartedly without loving all women somewhat. I suppose that the converse…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/it-is-impossible-for-a-man-to-love-his-wife-whole-heartedly-without/) [Robert A. Heinlein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-heinlein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c6/robert-a-heinlein-209_being-true_it-is-impossible-for-a-man-to-love-his-w_1247034.jpg) > [Daughters can spend ten percent more than a man can make in any usual occupation. That’s a law of nature, to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/daughters-can-spend-ten-percent-more-than-a-man-can-make-in-any-usual/) [Robert A. Heinlein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-heinlein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f5/robert-a-heinlein-209_children_daughters-can-spend-ten-percent-more-tha_1025097.jpg) ## Other authors on Men - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 1,027 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/men/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henry-david-thoreau-41473.jpg) Henry David Thoreau 710 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/men/henry-david-thoreau/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-shakespeare-95899.jpg) William Shakespeare 463 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/men/william-shakespeare/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-friedrich-nietzsche-36363.jpg) Friedrich Nietzsche 378 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/men/friedrich-nietzsche/) - [Samuel Johnson 361 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/men/samuel-johnson/) - [Mark Twain 354 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/men/mark-twain/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-mahatma-gandhi-62675.jpg) Mahatma Gandhi 354 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/men/mahatma-gandhi/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-ayn-rand-15943.jpg) Ayn Rand 349 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/men/ayn-rand/) - [Mehmet Murat Ildan 332 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/men/mehmet-murat-ildan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henry-ward-beecher-41729.jpg) Henry Ward Beecher 289 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/men/henry-ward-beecher/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-thomas-jefferson-90435.jpg) Thomas Jefferson 283 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/men/thomas-jefferson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-swami-vivekananda-88348.jpg) Swami Vivekananda 278 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/men/swami-vivekananda/) ## 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. 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