Heroism' often consists in keeping your head in an emergency and doing the best you can with what you have instead of panicking and being shot in the tail. People who fight this way win more battles than do intentional heroes; a glory hound often throws away the lives of his mates as well as his own.
Robert A. HeinleinThe lessons of history teach us - if the lessons of history teach us anything - that nobody learns the lessons that history teaches us.
Robert A. HeinleinI was there to see beautiful naked women. So was everybody else. It's a common failing.
Robert A. HeinleinSex, whatever else it is, is an athletic skill. The more you practice, the more you can, the more you want to, the more you enjoy it, the less it tires you.
Robert A. Heinlein