Social responsibility above the level of family, or at most of tribe, requires imagination-- devotion, loyalty, all the higher virtues -- which a man must develop himself; if he has them forced down him, he will vomit them out.
Robert A. HeinleinIf Satan should ever replace God he would find it necessary to assume the attributes of Divinity.
Robert A. HeinleinWhy don't they make more science fiction movies? The answer to any question starting, Why don't they- is almost always, Money.
Robert A. HeinleinI've found out why people laugh. They laugh because it hurts- because it's the only thing that'll make it stop hurting... I had been told that a 'funny' thing is a thing of goodness. It isn't... The goodness is in the laughing. I grok it is a bravery- and a sharing- against pain and sorrow and defeat.
Robert A. Heinlein