Robert A. Heinlein Quotes

The greatest fallacy of democracy is that everyone's opinion is worth the same.

I don't see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes.

I think that science fiction has a distinct therapeutic value because all of it has as its primary postulate that the world does change. I cannot overemphasize the importance of that idea.

No intelligent man has any respect for an unjust law.

Why don't they make more science fiction movies? The answer to any question starting, Why don't they- is almost always, Money.

It may be better to be a live jackal than a dead lion, but it is better still to be a live lion. And usually easier.

How you behave toward cats here below determines your status in Heaven.

One man's theology is another man's belly laugh.

Ability is a wonderful thing, but its value is greatly enhanced by dependability. Ability implies repeatability and accountability.

when faced with a problem you do not understand, do any part of it you do understand, then look at it again.

If a thing's worth doing, it's worth overdoing. (Lazarus Long)

There are two ways of forming an opinion. One is the scientific method; the other, the scholastic. To the scientific mind, experimental proof is all-important, and theory is merely a convenience in description, to be junked when it no longer fits. To the academic mind, authority is everything, and facts are junked when they do not fit theory.

The most important lesson in the writing trade is that any manuscript is improved if you cut away the fat.

Certainly the game is rigged. Don't let that stop you; if you don't bet you can't win.

Morals - all correct moral laws - derive from the instinct to survive. Moral behavior is survival behavior above the individual level.

Beware of altruism. It is based on self-deception, the root of all evil.

You live and learn. Or you don't live long.

Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own... Jealousy is a disease, love is a healthy condition. The immature mind often mistakes one for the other, or assumes that the greater the love, the greater the jealousy.