The truth of a proposition has nothing to do with its credibility. And vice versa. Robert A. Heinlein More Quotes by Robert A. Heinlein More Quotes From Robert A. Heinlein I believe that this hairless embryo with the aching, oversize brain case and the opposable thumb, this animal barely up from the apes, will endure --will endure longer than his home planet, will spread out to the other planets, to the stars, and beyond, carrying with him his honesty, his insatiable curiosity, his unlimited courage --and his noble essential decency. This I believe with all my heart. Robert A. Heinlein honesty stars believe Make money, lose money - who cares? The idea is to enjoy it. Robert A. Heinlein care money ideas Cast me into a dungeon, burn me at the stake, crown me king of kings, I can 'pursue happiness' as long as my brain lives - but neither gods nor saints, wise men nor subtle drugs, can ensure that I will catch it. Robert A. Heinlein kings wise men The bugs are not like us. The Pseudo-Arachnids aren’t even like spiders. They are arthropods who happen to look like a madman’s conception of a giant intelligent spider, but their organization, psychological and economic, is more like that of ants or termites; they are communal entities, the ultimate dictatorship of the hive. Robert A. Heinlein giants intelligent organization A human being has no natural rights of any nature. Robert A. Heinlein humans rights natural Anyone can see a forest fire. Skill lies in sniffing the first smoke. Robert A. Heinlein skills fire lying ...I am opposed to all attempts to license or restrict the arming of individuals... I consider such laws a violation of civil liberty, subversive of democratic political institutions, and self-defeating in their purpose. Robert A. Heinlein gun self law Budget the luxuries first. Robert A. Heinlein budgets luxury firsts If a thing's worth doing, it's worth overdoing. (Lazarus Long) Robert A. Heinlein lazarus ifs long To assess the intelligence of a committee, divide the IQ of its stupidest member by the number of members. Robert A. Heinlein stupidest members numbers Since when was an emotional argument won by logic? Robert A. Heinlein argument logic emotional It’s not enough to be able to lie with a straight face; anybody with enough gall to raise on a busted flush can do that. The first way to lie artistically is to tell the truth — but not all of it. The second way involves telling the truth, too, but is harder: Tell the exact truth and maybe all of it…but tell it so unconvincingly that your listener is sure you are lying. Robert A. Heinlein able sarcastic lying Around the time of the Terran Caesar Augustus, a Martian artist had been composing a work of art. It could have been called a poem, a musical opus, or a philosophical treatise; it was a series of emotions arranged in tragic, logical necessity. Since it could be experienced by a human only in the sense in which a man blind from birth might have a sunset explained to him, it does not matter which category it be assigned. Robert A. Heinlein sunset philosophical art There is no conclusive evidence of life after death, but there is no evidence of any sort against it. Soon enough you will know, so why fret about it? Robert A. Heinlein life-after-death soon-enough evidence If Satan should ever replace God he would find it necessary to assume the attributes of Divinity. Robert A. Heinlein divinity satan assuming Civilians are like beans; you buy 'em as needed for any job which merely requires skill and savvy. But you can't buy fighting spirit. Robert A. Heinlein fighting skills jobs I'm not trying to frighten you, but only a fool makes predictions based on ignorance; I am not that sort of fool. Robert A. Heinlein fool ignorance trying Patriotism is not sentimental nonsense. Nor something dreamed up by demagogues. Patriotism is as necessary a part of man's evolutionary equipment as are his eyes, as useful to the race as eyes are to the individual. Robert A. Heinlein eye race men Any group is weaker than a man alone unless they are perfectly trained to work together. Robert A. Heinlein working-together together men Cats have no sense of humor, they have terribly inflated egos, and they are very touchy. Robert A. Heinlein sense-of-humor ego cat
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