All Robert A. Heinlein Quotes
- Jill: 'I don't pay attention to politics.' Ben: 'You should. It's barely less important than your own heart beat.' Jill: 'I don't pay attention to… Attention
- Never try to outstubborn a cat. Cat
- Being sorry won't get you into heaven. Get happy, son. Get that old spring into your step and stay on your toes. Get Happy
- Its very variety, subtlety, and utterly irrational, idiomatic complexity makes it possible to say things in English which simply cannot be said in any other… Any
- Consider the black widow spider. It's a timid little beastie, useful and, for my taste, the prettiest of the arachnids, with its shiny, patent-leather finish… Arachnids
- In the absence of clearly-defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily trivia until ultimately we become enslaved by it. Absence
- How you behave toward cats here below determines your status in Heaven. Behave
- A poet who reads his verse in public may have other nasty habits. Habit
- Delusions are often functional. A mother's opinions about her children's beauty, intelligence, goodness, et cetera ad nauseam, keep her from drowning them at birth. Ad
- Anyone who cannot cope with mathematics is not fully human. At best, he is a tolerable subhuman who has learned to wear his shoes, bathe,… Anyone
- Men rarely if ever dream up a god superior to themselves. Most gods have the manners and morals of a spoiled child. Atheism
- Live and learn, or you don't live long. Inspirational
- Sin lies only in hurting others unnecessarily. All other "sins" are invented nonsense. All
- Then I glanced at the ring on my finger. The Snake That Eats Its Own Tail, Forever and Ever. I know where I came from—but… All
- His older self had taught his younger self a language which the older self knew because the younger self, after being taught, grew up to… Capable
- It would take centuries and he must grow and grow and grow, but he was in no hurry--he grokked that Eternity and the ever-beautifully-changing Now… Beautifully
- Taxes are not levied for the benefit of the taxed. Benefit
- We came here for a small, informal meeting. We find you've turned it into a circus. Well, if you're going to have a circus, you've… Came
- It is impossible for anyone to be responsible for another person's behavior. The most you or any leader can do is to encourage each one… Any
- An armed society is a polite society. Armed