Under our system every voter and officeholder is a man who has demonstrated through voluntary and difficult service that he places the welfare of the group ahead of personal advantage.
Robert A. HeinleinA touchstone to determine the actual worth of an "intellectual" - find out how he feels about astrology.
Robert A. HeinleinThe shamans are forever yacking about their snake oil miracles. I prefer the real McCoy, a pregnant woman.
Robert A. HeinleinIt's up to the artist to use language that can be understood, not hide it in some private code. Most of these jokers don't even want to use language you and I know or can learn . . . they would rather sneer at us and be smug, because we 'fail' to see what they are driving at. If indeed they are driving at anything--obscurity is usually the refuge of incompetence.
Robert A. Heinlein