Robert Anson Heinlein quotes and words of wisdom

"A poet who reads his own verse in public may have other nasty habits."
Found in the topic Poetry.

"An armed society is a polite society."
Found in the topic Gun.

"Never underestimate the power of human stupidity."
Found in the topic Stupidity.

"What a wonderful world it is that has girls in it!"
Found in the topic Unsorted.

"To be matter of fact about the world is to blunder into fantasy ? and dull fantasy at that, as the real world is strange and wonderful."
Found in the topic Fantasy.

"If you don"t like yourself, you can"t like other people."
Found in the topic Others.

"Taxes are not levied for the benefit of the taxed."
Found in the topic Tax.

"Never frighten a little man. He"ll kill you."
Found in the topic Kill.

"Only a sadistic scoundrel?or a fool?tells the bald truth on social occasions."
Found in the topic Social.

"The killer looked up as the bullet hit him. He looked as if he were puzzled by some strange occurence, being too freshly dead to be aware of it."
Found in the topic Death.

"Goodness without wisdom always accomplishes evil."
Found in the topic Evil.

"Always listen to experts. They"ll tell you what can"t be done, and why. Then do it."
Found in the topic Expert.

"A generation which ignores history has no past ? and no future."
Found in the topic Future.

"Anyone who cannot cope with mathematics is not fully human. At best he is a tolerable subhuman who has learned to wear shoes, bathe, and not make messes in the house."
Found in the topic Mathematics.

"The supreme irony of life is that hardly anyone gets out of it alive."
Found in the topic Irony.

"You live and learn. Or you don"t live long."
Found in the topic Learn.

"The more you love, the more you can love and the more intensely you love. Nor is there any limit on how many you can love. If a person had time enough, he could love all of that majority who are decent and just."
Found in the topic Love.

"One man"s theology is another man"s belly laugh."
Found in the topic Religion.

"Most people can"t think, most of the remainder won"t think, the small fraction who do think mostly can"t do it very well."
Found in the topic Think.

"Little girls, like butterflies, need no excuse."
Found in the topic Butterfly.

Interesting Quotes

Interestingly, according to modern astronomers, space is finite. This is a very comforting thought---particularly for people who can never remember where they have left things.Woody Allen - US movie actor, comedian, & director (1935 - )

It is always the best policy to tell the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.Jerome K Jerome