Robert A. Heinlein Short Quotes

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In handling a stinging insect, move very slowly.

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Physics doesn't have to have any use. It just is.

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A brute kills for pleasure. A fool kills from hate.

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If you would know a man, observe how he treats a cat.

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Age is not an accomplishment, and youth is not a sin.

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An elephant: A mouse built to government specifications.

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Most "scientists" are bottle washers and button sorters.

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It is better to be a lively frump than a stylish corpse.

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A fact has no "why." There it stands, self demonstrating.

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Being a mother is an attitude, not a biological relation.

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Do not handicap your children by making their lives easy.

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Here is the wisdom of the ages: Men rule but women decide.

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Son, suppose you tend to your knitting and I tend to mine.

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Man is not a rational animal; he is a rationalizing animal.

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Don't worry about it. There is less here than meets the eye.

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Men are more sentimental than women. It blurs their thinking.

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There are no dangerous weapons; there are only dangerous men.

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Every law that was ever written opened up a new way to graft.

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I hadn't learned much in high school; I had majored in girls.

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Does history record any case in which the majority was right?

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I shot an error into the air. It's still going... everywhere.

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And suddenly I knew I was people and could not stop laughing.

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Never trust machinery more complicated than a knife and fork.

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A girl's name ending in 'a' - that always suggests a 'C' cup.

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No matter where or what, there are makers, takers, and fakers.

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As it says in Bible, God fights on side of heaviest artillery.

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Some things, the more you understand the more you loathe them.

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'Magic,' I stated, is a symbol for any process not understood.

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Between being 'right' and being kind, I know which way I vote.

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When railroading time comes you can railroad—but not before.

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