Happiness consists in getting enough sleep. Just that, nothing more. Robert A. Heinlein More Quotes by Robert A. Heinlein More Quotes From Robert A. Heinlein God is omnipotent, omniscient, and omnibenevolent - it says so right here on the label. If you have a mind capable of believing all three of these attributes simultaneously, I have a wonderful bargain for you. No checks, please. Cash and in small bills. Robert A. Heinlein mind believe religion Don't tell me violence doesn't solve anything. Look at Carthage. Robert A. Heinlein carthage violence looks A monarch's neck should always have a noose around it. It keeps him upright. Robert A. Heinlein monarchs necks should Consider the black widow spider. It's a timid little beastie, useful and, for my taste, the prettiest of the arachnids, with its shiny, patent-leather finish and its red hourglass trademark. But the poor thing has the fatal misfortune of possessing enormously too much power for its size. So everybody kills it on sight. Robert A. Heinlein black power sight The Ten Commandments are for lame brains. The first five are solely for the benefit of the priests and the powers that be; the second five are half truths, neither complete nor adequate. Robert A. Heinlein lame brain religion Your enemy is never a villain in his own eyes. Keep this in mind; it may offer a way to make him your friend. If not, you can kill him without hate — and quickly. Robert A. Heinlein hate friendship peace Fulfillment in life is loving a good woman and killing a bad man. Robert A. Heinlein suicide men death No intelligent man has any respect for an unjust law. Robert A. Heinlein intelligent law men If you've got the truth you can demonstrate it. Talking doesn't prove it. Robert A. Heinlein prove-it prove talking Brainpower is the scarcest commodity and the only one of real value. Robert A. Heinlein real-value commodity real Anyone who considers protocol unimportant has never dealt with a cat. Robert A. Heinlein kitty-cat protocol cat 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. Robert A. Heinlein inspirational war life A man who marries at my age isn't taking a wife, he's indenturing a nurse. Robert A. Heinlein wife nurse men The moral difference between a soldier and a civilian is that the soldier accepts personal responsibility for the safety of the body politic of which he is a member. The civilian does not. Robert A. Heinlein safety differences responsibility It is better to copulate than never. Robert A. Heinlein sex I did the only really brave thing I have ever done in my life: I inched forward. Robert A. Heinlein done brave An animal so poor in spirit that he won't even fight on his own behalf is already an evolutionary dead end; the best he can do for his breed is to crawl off and die, and not pass on his defective genes. Robert A. Heinlein fighting spirit animal A generation which ignores history has no past — and no future. Robert A. Heinlein future history past Girls are simply wonderful. Just to stand on a corner and watch them going past is delightful. They don't walk. At least not what we do when we walk. I don't know how to describe it, but it's much more complex and utterly delightful. They don't move just their feet; everything moves and in different directions . . . and all of it graceful. Robert A. Heinlein girl past moving Does history record any case in which the majority was right? Robert A. Heinlein majority voting historical
