The power to tax, once conceded, has no limits; it continues until it destroys. Robert A. Heinlein More Quotes by Robert A. Heinlein More Quotes From Robert A. Heinlein No woman ever ages beyond eighteen in her heart. Robert A. Heinlein eighteenageheart 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 mindbelievereligion Don't tell me violence doesn't solve anything. Look at Carthage. Robert A. Heinlein carthageviolencelooks A monarch's neck should always have a noose around it. It keeps him upright. Robert A. Heinlein monarchsnecksshould 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 blackpowersight 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 lamebrainreligion 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 hatefriendshippeace Fulfillment in life is loving a good woman and killing a bad man. Robert A. Heinlein suicidemendeath No intelligent man has any respect for an unjust law. Robert A. Heinlein intelligentlawmen If you've got the truth you can demonstrate it. Talking doesn't prove it. Robert A. Heinlein prove-itprovetalking Brainpower is the scarcest commodity and the only one of real value. Robert A. Heinlein real-valuecommodityreal Anyone who considers protocol unimportant has never dealt with a cat. Robert A. Heinlein kitty-catprotocolcat 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 inspirationalwarlife A man who marries at my age isn't taking a wife, he's indenturing a nurse. Robert A. Heinlein wifenursemen 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 safetydifferencesresponsibility 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 donebrave 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 fightingspiritanimal A generation which ignores history has no past — and no future. Robert A. Heinlein futurehistorypast 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 girlpastmoving
