“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 of the normal-incidence curve of human ability, then this acts as a sorting device whereby the… — Robert Heinlein Copy Share Image
“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… — Robert Heinlein Copy Share Image
“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… — Robert Heinlein Copy Share Image
Never try to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and it annoys the pig. — Robert Heinlein Copy Share Image
“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… — Robert Heinlein Copy Share Image
“Apparently Blank thinks I am a nice accommodating guy, please explain to him that I am a son of a bitch” — Robert Heinlein Copy Share Image
“It scared him a little. He had once heard, and was inclined to credit, that a loss of interest in living marked the true… — Robert Heinlein Copy Share Image
“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… — Robert Heinlein Copy Share Image
“He had intended at first to send Ford down in the Chili. It was not gratitude that changed his mind, but respect. Once he… — Robert Heinlein Copy Share Image
“Anybody can look at a pretty girl and see a pretty girl. An artist can look at a pretty girl and see the old… — Robert Heinlein Copy Share Image
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,… — Robert Heinlein Copy Share Image
