Robert A. Heinlein Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“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.”

“Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors... and miss.”

“Anyone who considers protocol unimportant has never dealt with a cat.”

“Don't handicap your children by making their lives easy.”

“An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.”

“You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once.”

“There is no way that writers can be tamed and rendered civilized or even cured. The only solution known to science is to provide the patient with an isolation room, where he can endure the acute stages in private and where food can be poked in to him with a stick.”

“Sex without love is merely healthy exercise.”

“They didn't want it good, they wanted it Wednesday.”

“One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others.”