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181 " An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life. "
― Robert A. Heinlein , Beyond This Horizon
182 " The fact is I am a compulsive reader. Thirty-five cents’ worth of Gold Medal Original will put me right to sleep. Or Perry Mason. But I’ll read the ads in an old Paris-Match that has been used to wrap herring before I’ll do without. "
― Robert A. Heinlein , Glory Road
183 " Happiness consists in getting enough sleep. Just that, nothing more. "
― Robert A. Heinlein , Starship Troopers
184 " There is no worse tyranny than to force a man to pay for what he does not want merely because you think it would be good for him. "
― Robert A. Heinlein , The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
185 " I've found out why people laugh. They laugh because it hurts so much . . . because it's the only thing that'll make it stop hurting. "
― Robert A. Heinlein , Stranger in a Strange Land
186 " Always listen to experts. They'll tell you what can't be done, and why. Then do it. "
― Robert A. Heinlein , Time Enough for Love
187 " There are no dangerous weapons; there are only dangerous men. "
188 " There is no safety this side of the grave "
189 " I never do anything I don’t want to. Nor does anyone, but in my case I know it. "
190 " I needed a space suit the way a pig needs a pipe organ. "
― Robert A. Heinlein , Have Space Suit—Will Travel
191 " When there’s nothing else you can do, breathe slower. There’s no way it can hurt, and it might help. "
― Robert A. Heinlein , Variable Star
192 " A religion is sometimes a source of happiness and I would not deprive anyone of happiness. But it is a comfort appropriate for the weak, not for the strong---and you are strong. The great trouble with religion---any religion---is that a religionist, having accepted certain propositions by faith, cannot thereafter judge those propositions by evidence. One may bask in at the warm fire of faith or choose to live in the bleak uncertainty of reason---but one cannot have both, "
― Robert A. Heinlein , Friday
193 " All men must die, it was their single common heritage. But a book need never die and should not be killed; books were the immortal part of man. "
― Robert A. Heinlein , Farnham's Freehold
194 " We always trotted everywhere at Camp Arthur Currie. I never did find out who Currie was, but he must have been a trackman. "
195 " Can a machine be so frightened and hurt that it will go into catatonia and refuse to respond? While ego crouches inside, aware but never willing to risk it? No, can’t be that; Mike was unafraid – as gaily unafraid as Prof. "
196 " We necessarily sift a great many pebbles, much sand, for each nugget—but the nuggets "
197 " Mankind is divided into two basic sorts: those who find the unknown future threatening ... and those who find it thrilling. The rupture between those two sides has been responsible for most of the bloodshed in history. "
198 " anger is always fear in disguise "
199 " I had not until then fully realized that I was odd, that there was anything strange about growing up with a single-parent genius. I thought all homes had equations scrawled with disc-marker across all the cabinets and walls, and clean laundry in the freezer, and defrosting chicken in the tool drawer. I thought everyone read a book a day and listened to hours of ancient music. "
200 " I conclude you must be a natural horses's ass. "