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Work Quotes by Robert A. Heinlein
- Money is a powerful aphrodisiac but flowers work almost as well.
- A critic is a man who creates nothing and thereby feels qualified to judge the work of creative men. There is logic in this; he…
- Moving parts in rubbing contact require lubrication to avoid excessive wear. Honorifics and formal politeness provide lubrication where people rub together. Often the very young,…
- If you happen to be one of the fretful minority who can do creative work, never force an idea; you'll abort it if you do.…
- Happiness lies in being privileged to work hard for long hours in doing whatever you think is worth doing. One man may find happiness in…
- I don't trust a man who talks about ethics when he is picking my pocket. But if he is acting in his own self-interest and…
- Always listen to experts. They'll tell you what can't be done, and why. Then do it.
- Logic is a feeble reed, friend. "Logic" proved that airplanes can't fly and that H-bombs won't work and that stones don't fall out of the…
- Any group is weaker than a man alone unless they are perfectly trained to work together.
- Work is not an end in itself; there must always be time enough for love.
- Learn to say No—and to be rude about it when necessary. Otherwise you will not have time to carry out your duty, or to do…
- Throughout history, poverty is the normal condition of man. Advances which permit this norm to be exceeded — here and there, now and then —…
- Any government will work if authority and responsibility are equal and coordinate. This does not insure “good†government, it simply insures that it will work.…
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- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind. — Aristotle
- I just let the work speak for itself. An actor is not afraid to take risks; to put on different hats; to… — Kevin Bacon
- Luck? I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it and I'm afraid of people who do. Luck to me… — Lucille Ball
- Men talk as if victory were something fortunate. Work is victory. — Ralph Waldo Emerson