Robert A. Heinlein Quotes - Page 2

American - Writer July 7, 1907 - May 8, 1988

They didn't want it good, they wanted it Wednesday. - Robert A. Heinlein

They didn't want it good, they wanted it Wednesday. Robert A. Heinlein

Good, Want, Wednesday, Wanted

By cultivating the beautiful we scatter the seeds of heavenly flowers, as by doing good we cultivate those that belong to humanity. Robert A. Heinlein

Good, Beautiful, Flowers, Humanity

The difference between science and the fuzzy subjects is that science requires reasoning while those other subjects merely require scholarship. Robert A. Heinlein

Science, Difference, Scholarship, Other

Being right too soon is socially unacceptable. Robert A. Heinlein

Right, Being, Soon, Too, Unacceptable

Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of, but do it in private and wash your hands afterwards. Robert A. Heinlein

Writing, Hands, Your, Something, Ashamed

When a place gets crowded enough to require ID's, social collapse is not far away. It is time to go elsewhere. The best thing about space travel is that it made it possible to go elsewhere. Robert A. Heinlein

Best, Time, Travel, Space, Place, Enough

There is no way that writers can be tamed and rendered civilized or even cured. The only solution known to science is to provide the patient with an isolation room, where he can endure the acute stages in private and where food can be poked in to him with a stick. Robert A. Heinlein

Science, Food, Isolation, Way, Solution

Don't ever become a pessimist... a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun, and neither can stop the march of events. Robert A. Heinlein

Fun, March, Stop, Events, Become, More

Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors... and miss. Robert A. Heinlein

Strong, You, Drink, Miss, Tax, Shoot

One could write a history of science in reverse by assembling the solemn pronouncements of highest authority about what could not be done and could never happen. Robert A. Heinlein

Science, History, Never, Done, Authority

Sex without love is merely healthy exercise. Robert A. Heinlein

Love, Love Is, Sex, Exercise, Without

Never worry about theory as long as the machinery does what it's supposed to do. Robert A. Heinlein

Long, Worry, Never, Theory, About, Does

One man's theology is another man's belly laugh. Robert A. Heinlein

Man, Laugh, Belly, Theology, Another

I don't see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes. Robert A. Heinlein

Person, See, Clothing, Yes, How, Article

It's an indulgence to sit in a room and discuss your beliefs as if they were a juicy piece of gossip. Robert A. Heinlein

Gossip, Sit, Room, Your, Beliefs, Were

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