All Robert A. Heinlein Quotes
- Social responsibility above the level of family, or at most of tribe, requires imagination-- devotion, loyalty, all the higher virtues -- which a man must… All
- Under our system every voter and officeholder is a man who has demonstrated through voluntary and difficult service that he places the welfare of the… Advantage
- Cast me into a dungeon;, burn me at the state, crown me king of kings, I can 'pursue happiness' as long as my brain lives… Brain
- To permit irresponsible authority is to sell disaster. Authority
- At least once every human should have to run for his life, to teach him that milk does not come from supermarkets, that safety does… Agility
- I never do anything I don't want to do. Nor does anyone, but in my case I am always aware of it. Always Aware
- The Universe was a silly place at best...but the least likely explanation for it was the no-explanation of random chance, the conceit that abstract somethings… Abstract
- Take big bites. Anything worth doing is worth overdoing. Anything Worth
- Liberty is never unalienable; it must be redeemed regularly with the blood of patriots or it always vanishes. Of all the so-called natural human rights… All
- Every time we killed a thousand Bugs at a cost of one M.I. it was a net victory for the Bugs. We were learning, expensively,… Adapted
- A generation which ignores history has no past — and no future. Future
- A great artist can look at an old woman, portray her exactly as she is ... and force the viewer to see the pretty girl… Alive
- I believe that this hairless embryo with the aching, oversize brain case and the opposable thumb, this animal barely up from the apes, will endure… Aching
- Who is more real? Homer or Ulysses? Shakespeare or Hamlet? Burroughs or Tarzan? Burroughs
- I see the beauty of Mike's attempt to devise an ideal ethic and applaud his recognition that such must start by junking the present sexual… Applaud
- Money problems can always be solved by a man not frightened by them. Finance
- Men are not potatoes! Inspirational
- Never tease an old dog; he might have one bite left. Bite
- A motion to adjourn is always in order. Adjourn
- A managed democracy is a wonderful thing... for the managers... and its greatest strength is a 'free press' when 'free' is defined as 'responsible' and… Define