Robert A. Heinlein
American science-fiction author; b. 1907; d. 1988 · 6 aphorisms · no comments
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Comment# · Fair (763 ratings) · submitted 1997
History has the relation to truth that theology has to religion -- i.e., none to speak of.
Comment# · Fair (812 ratings) · submitted 1998
Never try to out-stubborn a cat.
Robert A. Heinlein, The Notebooks of Lazarus Long, in
Success and Failure
Comment# · Fair (289 ratings) · submitted 1997
Never worry about theory as long as the machinery does what it's supposed to do.
Comment# · Fair (279 ratings) · submitted 1997
To be matter of fact about the world is to blunder into fantasy -- and dull fantasy at that, as the real world is strange and wonderful.
Comment# · Fair (825 ratings) · submitted 1999 ·
Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.
Comment# · Fair (745 ratings) · submitted 1997
Yield to temptation -- it may not pass your way again.
Robert A. Heinlein, Time Enough for Love (Lazarus Long), in
Vice and Virtue
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