A fake fortuneteller can be tolerated. But an authentic soothsayer should be shot on sight. Cassandra did not get half the kicking around she deserved.
Robert A. HeinleinLiberty is never unalienable; it must be redeemed regularly with the blood of patriots or it always vanishes. Of all the so-called natural human rights that have ever been invented, liberty is least likely to be cheap and is never free of cost.
Robert A. HeinleinOnce a man gets a reputation as a liar, he might as well be struck dumb, for people do not listen to the wind.
Robert A. HeinleinThe 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.
Robert A. HeinleinWhat are the facts? Again and again and again โ what are the facts? Shun wishful thinking, ignore divine revelation, forget what โthe stars foretell,โ avoid opinion, care not what the neighbors think, never mind the unguessable โverdict of historyโ โ what are the facts, and to how many decimal places? You pilot always into an unknown future; facts are your single clue. Get the facts!
Robert A. Heinlein