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Letter "R" » Robert A. Heinlein Quotes
«I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.»
Author: Robert A. Heinlein
(Writer)
| Keywords:
alone, break, morally, no matter, obnoxious, responsible, responsible for, rules, surround, tolerable, tolerate, tolerating
«One man's theology is another man's belly laugh.»
Author: Robert A. Heinlein
(Writer)
| Keywords:
bellied, bellies, belly, belly laugh, one-man, theologies, theology
«Don't ever become a pessimist, Ira; a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun--and neither can stop the march of events.»
«When a place gets crowded enough to require ID's, social collapse is not far away. It is time to go elsewhere. The best thing about space travel is that it made it possible to go elsewhere.»
Author: Robert A. Heinlein
(Writer)
| About:
Travel
| Keywords:
as far as possible, collapse, collapses, collapsing, crowded, elsewhere, I.D., Id, IDs, not far, space travel
«It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.»
Author: Robert A. Heinlein
(Writer)
«Progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things»
Author: Robert A. Heinlein
(Writer)
| About:
Progress
| Keywords:
lazier, laziest, lazy, looking for
«Political tags - such as royalist, communist, democrat, populist, fascist, liberal, conservative, and so forth - are never basic criteria. The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire.»
Author: Robert A. Heinlein
(Writer)
| Keywords:
and so forth, basic, communist, conservative, controlled, criteria, democrat, divides, fascist, Fascists, human race, liberal, politically, populist, royalist, such as, tag, tags, tag on
«A long and wicked life followed by five minutes of perfect grace gets you into Heaven. An equally long life of decent living and good works followed by one outburst of taking the name of the Lord in vain - then have a heart attack at that moment and be damned for eternity. Is that the system?»
Author: Robert A. Heinlein
(Writer)
| Keywords:
attack, damned, damnedest, decent, equally, eternity, followed, grace, heart attack, heart attacks, in vain, Lord's table, minutes, name, outburst, outbursts, system, the LORD, The name, the system, vain, wick, wicked
«An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.»
Author: Robert A. Heinlein
(Writer)
| About:
Manners,
Politeness
| Keywords:
armed, back up, manners, polite, politer, politest
«A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a symptom of neurotic insecurity.»
Author: Robert A. Heinlein
(Writer)
| About:
Competence,
Jealousy,
Self-confidence
| Keywords:
competent, confident, incapable, insecurities, insecurity, invariably, jealousies, jealousy, self-confident, symptom
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