--- title: "24 Should Quotes By Robert A. Heinlein" description: "24 Should quotes by Robert A. Heinlein. Plus more from Robert A. Heinlein and more Should sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b3/robert-a-heinlein-209_authority_no-statement-should-be-believed-because_15992.jpg" --- > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b3/robert-a-heinlein-209_authority_no-statement-should-be-believed-because_15992.jpg) > [Certain types of loudmouthism should be a capital offense among decent people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/certain-types-of-loudmouthism-should-be-a-capital-offense-among/) [Robert A. Heinlein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-heinlein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4a/robert-a-heinlein-209_certain_certain-types-of-loudmouthism-should-be_85303.jpg) > [That old saw about the early bird just proves that the worm should have stayed in bed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/that-old-saw-about-the-early-bird-just-proves-that-the-worm-should/) [Robert A. Heinlein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-heinlein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bef/robert-a-heinlein-209_bed_that-old-saw-about-the-early-bird-just-p_1242258.jpg) > [Sex should be friendly. Otherwise stick to mechanical toys; it's more sanitary.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/sex-should-be-friendly-otherwise-stick-to-mechanical-toys-it-s-more/) [Robert A. Heinlein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-heinlein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9b/robert-a-heinlein-209_friendly_sex-should-be-friendly-otherwise-stick-t_2606962.jpg) > [...a book need never die and should not be killed; books were the immortal part of man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/a-book-need-never-die-and-should-not-be-killed-books-were-the/) [Robert A. Heinlein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-heinlein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4bf/robert-a-heinlein-209_book_a-book-need-never-die-and-should-not-be_2885963.jpg) > [Stinky says women should be obscene but not heard.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/stinky-says-women-should-be-obscene-but-not-heard/) [Robert A. Heinlein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-heinlein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f17/robert-a-heinlein-209_heard_stinky-says-women-should-be-obscene-but_631244.jpg) > [One should not attend even the end of the world without a good breakfast.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/one-should-not-attend-even-the-end-of-the-world-without-a-good/) [Robert A. Heinlein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-heinlein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3b/robert-a-heinlein-209_breakfast_one-should-not-attend-even-the-end-of-th_1977788.jpg) > [A monarch’s neck should always have a noose around it—it keeps him upright.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/a-monarch-s-neck-should-always-have-a-noose-around-it-it-keeps-him/) [Robert A. Heinlein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-heinlein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/261/robert-a-heinlein-209_necks_a-monarch-s-neck-should-always-have-a-no_1047316.jpg) > [Citizenship is an attitude, a state of mind, an emotional conviction that the whole is greater than the part...and that the part…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/citizenship-is-an-attitude-a-state-of-mind-an-emotional-conviction/) [Robert A. Heinlein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-heinlein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/067/robert-a-heinlein-209_attitude_citizenship-is-an-attitude-a-state-of-mi_2855338.jpg) > [A fake fortuneteller can be tolerated. But an authentic soothsayer should be shot on sight. Cassandra did not get half the kicking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/a-fake-fortuneteller-can-be-tolerated-but-an-authentic-soothsayer/) [Robert A. Heinlein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-heinlein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6be/robert-a-heinlein-209_fake_a-fake-fortuneteller-can-be-tolerated-bu_1851535.jpg) > [The police of a state should never be stronger or better armed than the citizenry. An armed citizenry, willing to fight, is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/the-police-of-a-state-should-never-be-stronger-or-better-armed-than/) [Robert A. Heinlein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-heinlein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69f/robert-a-heinlein-209_armed_the-police-of-a-state-should-never-be-st_2471392.jpg) > [Waking a person unnecessarily should not be considered a capital crime. For a first offense, that is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/waking-a-person-unnecessarily-should-not-be-considered-a-capital/) [Robert A. Heinlein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-heinlein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47a/robert-a-heinlein-209_crime_waking-a-person-unnecessarily-should-not_197463.jpg) > [Violence never settles anything should be debated by the ghosts of Hitler and Stalin, with the city fathers of Carthage as referees.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/violence-never-settles-anything-should-be-debated-by-the-ghosts-of/) [Robert A. Heinlein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-heinlein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d85/robert-a-heinlein-209_carthage_violence-never-settles-anything-should-b_293242.jpg) > [A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, (cont. Specialization is for insects.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/a-human-being-should-be-able-to-change-a-diaper-plan-an-invasion-cont/) [Robert A. Heinlein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-heinlein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d36/robert-a-heinlein-209_able_a-human-being-should-be-able-to-change-a_1531837.jpg) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f59/robert-a-heinlein-209_agility_at-least-once-every-human-should-have-to_761215.jpg) > [Those who refuse to support and defend the state have no claim to protection by that state. Killing an anarchist or a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/those-who-refuse-to-support-and-defend-the-state-have-no-claim-to/) [Robert A. Heinlein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-heinlein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d67/robert-a-heinlein-209_anarchist_those-who-refuse-to-support-and-defend-t_278919.jpg) > [It was equally imperative that this chain of reactions should always tend to dampen, to die out. It must not build up,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/it-was-equally-imperative-that-this-chain-of-reactions-should-always/) [Robert A. Heinlein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-heinlein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/168/robert-a-heinlein-209_chains_it-was-equally-imperative-that-this-chai_1277969.jpg) > [A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/a-human-being-should-be-able-to-change-a-diaper-plan-an-invasion/) [Robert A. Heinlein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-heinlein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52c/robert-a-heinlein-209_able_a-human-being-should-be-able-to-change-a_403429.jpg) > [Whenever women have insisted on absolute equality with men, they have invariably wound up with the dirty end of the stick. What…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/whenever-women-have-insisted-on-absolute-equality-with-men-they-have/) [Robert A. Heinlein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-heinlein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ad/robert-a-heinlein-209_bears_whenever-women-have-insisted-on-absolute_524814.jpg) > [Our behavior is different. How often have you seen a headline like this?--TWO DIE ATTEMPTING RESCUE OF DROWNING CHILD. If a man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/our-behavior-is-different-how-often-have-you-seen-a-headline-like/) [Robert A. Heinlein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-heinlein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/338/robert-a-heinlein-209_arithmetic_our-behavior-is-different-how-often-have_2389183.jpg) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6b/robert-a-heinlein-209_brother_he-should-have-known-better-because-earl_2465423.jpg) > [English is the largest of human tongues, with several times the vocabulary of the second largest language -- this alone made it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/english-is-the-largest-of-human-tongues-with-several-times-the/) [Robert A. Heinlein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-heinlein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b80/robert-a-heinlein-209_humans_english-is-the-largest-of-human-tongues_1753586.jpg) > [Damnit! Nationalism should stop at the stratosphere!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/damnit-nationalism-should-stop-at-the-stratosphere/) [Robert A. Heinlein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-heinlein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a26/robert-a-heinlein-209_nationalism_damnit-nationalism-should-stop-at-the-st_76734.jpg) > [If Satan should ever replace God he would find it necessary to assume the attributes of Divinity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/if-satan-should-ever-replace-god-he-would-find-it-necessary-to-assume/) [Robert A. Heinlein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-heinlein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7af/robert-a-heinlein-209_assuming_if-satan-should-ever-replace-god-he-woul_1700773.jpg) ## Other authors on Should ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/should/robert-a-heinlein/#itemlist", "name": "24 Should Quotes By Robert A. Heinlein", "numberOfItems": 24, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "No statement should be believed because it is made by an authority.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Robert A. 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