All Robert A. Heinlein Quotes
- Patriotism is not sentimental nonsense. Nor something dreamed up by demagogues. Patriotism is as necessary a part of man's evolutionary equipment as are his eyes,… Demagogues
- The capacity of the human mind for swallowing nonsense and spewing it forth in violent and repressive action has never yet been plumbed. Action
- My old man claimed that the more complicated the law the more opportunity for scoundrels. Claimed
- Man is not a rational animal, he is a rationalizing animal. Animal
- Ayn Rand is a bloody socialist compared to me. Ayn Rand
- If men were the automatons that behaviorists claim they are, the behaviorist psychologists could not have invented the amazing nonsense called 'behaviorist psychology.' Amazing
- Life is short, but the years are long. Life
- An animal so poor in spirit that he won't even fight on his own behalf is already an evolutionary dead end; the best he can… Animal
- Peace is a condition in which no civilian pays any attention to military casualties which do not achieve a page one lead story unless that… Achieve
- War is not violence and killing, pure and simple; war is controlled violence, for a purpose. The purpose of war is to support your government's… Controlled
- The most expensive thing in the world is a second-best military establishment, good but not good enough to win. Best
- Democracy can survive anything except Democrats Anything Except
- Violence never settles anything should be debated by the ghosts of Hitler and Stalin, with the city fathers of Carthage as referees. Carthage
- The brown monkey's instinct to kill is correct; such men are dangerous to all monkey customs. All
- Rarest of all is the man who can and does reason at all times, quickly, accurately, inclusively, despite hope or fear or bodily distress, without… Accurately
- Formal courtesy between husband and wife is even more important than it is between strangers. Courtesy
- That old saw about the early bird just proves that the worm should have stayed in bed. Bed
- All cats are not gray after midnight. All
- Everybody lies about sex. Everybody
- Gratitude: An imaginary emotion that rewards an imaginary behavior, altruism. Both imaginaries are false faces for selfishness, which is a real and honest emotion. Altruism