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161 " There is no such thing as luck. There is only adequate or inadequate preparation to cope with a statistical universe. "
― Robert A. Heinlein , Have Space Suit—Will Travel
162 " My old man says when it's time to be counted, the important thing is to be man enough to stand up. "
― Robert A. Heinlein , Between Planets
163 " Richard, Bill has the socialist disease in its worst form; he thinks the world owes him a living. He told me sincerely - smugly! - that of course everyone was entitled to the best possible medical and hospital service - free of course, unlimited of course, and of course the government should pay for it. "
― Robert A. Heinlein , The Cat Who Walks Through Walls
164 " Butterflies are not insects,' Captain John Sterling said soberly. 'They are self-propelled flowers. "
165 " Take sides! Always take sides! You will sometimes be wrong - but the man who refuses to take sides must always be wrong. "
― Robert A. Heinlein , Double Star
166 " . . .and he has nevergiven up his conviction that if you just try all the doors one of them is bound to be the Door intoSummer. You know, I think he is right. "
― Robert A. Heinlein
167 " As for logic and internal consistency, these mundane rules do not apply to sacred writings and never have... "
― Robert A. Heinlein , Stranger in a Strange Land
168 " The slickest way in the world to lie is to tell the right amount of truth at the right time-and then shut up. "
169 " To die trying is the proudest humans thing. "
170 " My dear, I used to think I was serving humanity . . . and I pleasured in the thought. Then I discovered that humanity does not want to be served; on the contrary it resents any attempt to serve it. So now I do what pleases myself. "
171 " He's an honest politician--he stays bought. "
172 " If you got good elective officials in your day, it was a happy accident, better than you deserved. "
― Robert A. Heinlein , For Us, the Living: A Comedy of Customs
173 " He was finding it ruinously expensive to be rich. "
― Robert A. Heinlein , Citizen of the Galaxy
174 " When one teaches, two learn. "
175 " Everything is theoretically impossible, until it is done. "
176 " 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. "
177 " I never learned from a man who agreed with me. "
178 " 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. "
179 " Never underestimate the power of human stupidity. "
― Robert A. Heinlein , Time Enough for Love
180 " A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a symptom of neurotic insecurity. "