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Only Quotes by Robert A. Heinlein
- There is no such thing as luck; there is only adequate or inadequate preparation to cope with a statistical universe.
- Death is the lot of us all, and the only way that the human race has ever conquered death is by treating it with contempt.…
- By the data to date, there is only one animal in the Galaxy dangerous to man -- man himself. So he must supply his own…
- Animals can be driven crazy by placing too many in too small a pen. Homo sapiens is the only animal that voluntarily does this to…
- Unarmed hand-to-hand fighting does not change through the ages; only the name changes, and it has only one rule: do it first, do it fast,…
- A committee is the only known form of life with a hundred bellies and no brain.
- The second best thing about space travel is that the distances involved make war very difficult, usually impractical, and almost always unnecessary. This is probably…
- Only a sadistic scoundrel-or a fool-tells the bald truth on social occasions.
- Stupidity is the only natural capital offense.
- There is an old song which asserts 'the best things in life are free.' Not true! Utterly false! This was the tragic fallacy which brought…
- At one time kings were anointed by Deity, so the problem was to see to it that Deity chose the right candidate. In this age…
- In a society in which it is a moral offense to be different from your neighbor your only escape is to never let them find…
- Brainpower is the scarcest commodity and the only one of real value.
- The extremely tiny fraction who think regularly, accurately, creatively, and without self-delusion - in the long run, these are the only people who count.
- 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…
- Do this. Don't do that. Stay back in line. Where's tax receipt? Fill out form. Let's see license. Submit six copies. Exit only. No left…
- Sin lies only in hurting others unnecessarily. All other "sins" are invented nonsense.
- Correct morality can only be derived from what man is — not from what do-gooders and well-meaning aunt Nellies would like him to be.
- The correct way to punctuate a sentence that states: "Of course it is none of my business, but -- " is to place a period…
- There are no dangerous weapons; there are only dangerous men.
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