It is impossible for anyone to be responsible for another person's behavior. The most you or any leader can do is to encourage each one to be responsible for himself. Robert A. Heinlein More Quotes by Robert A. Heinlein More Quotes From Robert A. Heinlein A zest for living must include a willingness to die. Robert A. Heinlein bikers zest motorcycle I have never been impressed by the formal schools of ethics. Robert A. Heinlein ethics formal school Logic is a feeble reed, friend. Robert A. Heinlein reeds logic The less respect an older person deserves the more certain he is to demand it from anyone younger. Robert A. Heinlein demand certain persons Death isn't funny." "Then why are there so many jokes about death? Jill, with us — us humans — death is so sad that we must laugh at it. Robert A. Heinlein so-sad humans laughing When railroading time comes you can railroad—but not before. Robert A. Heinlein railroads I believe in the honest craft of workmen. Robert A. Heinlein crafts honest believe I believe in - I am proud to belong to - the United States. Robert A. Heinlein united-states proud believe You don’t pay back, you pay forward. Robert A. Heinlein pay With eternity to draw on there could be no reason for hurrying - 'hurry' was not a concept in Martian. Robert A. Heinlein life-changing eternity reason A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed. - Second Amendment to the Constitution An armed society is a polite society. Robert A. Heinlein assault-weapons libertarian-party gun The death rate is the same for us as for anybody ... one person, one death, sooner or later. Robert A. Heinlein rate sooner-or-later trust There are perhaps 5% of the population that simply can't think. There are another 5% who can, and do. The remaining 90% can think, but don't Robert A. Heinlein population thinking Place your clothes and weapons where you can find them in the dark. Robert A. Heinlein clothes gun dark Never cast pearls before swine. Robert A. Heinlein swine casts pearls If I had found out anything, it was that they could print it faster than I could study it. Robert A. Heinlein faster study found In this complex world, the scientific method, and the consequences of the scientific method are central to everything the human race is doing and to wherever we are going. Robert A. Heinlein scientific-method race world The more you love, the more you can love - and the more intensely you love. Robert A. Heinlein It was equally imperative that this chain of reactions should always tend to dampen, to die out. It must not build up, or the uranium mass would explode within a time interval too short to be measured by any means whatsoever. Nor would there be anyone left to measure it. Robert A. Heinlein mass too-short mean A pacifist male is a contradiction in terms. Most self-described "pacifists" are not pacific; they simply assume false colors. When the wind changes, they hoist the Jolly Roger. Robert A. Heinlein color self wind
