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1 " Some people insist that 'mediocre' is better than 'best.' They delight in clipping wings because they themselves can't fly. They despise brains because they have none. "
― Robert A. Heinlein , Have Space Suit—Will Travel
2 " The Mother Thing makes our world. "
3 " More depended on the student than on the school. "
4 " When you read about chemistry and physics, you want to do them too. "
5 " Library science was the foundation of all sciences. "
6 " Being a mother is an attitude, not a biological relation. "
7 " You can't believe what a lovely planet we have until you see her from outside. "
8 " Many problems can be solved by a man not frightened by them. "
9 " There is no such thing as luck. There is only adequate or inadequate preparation to cope with a statistical universe. "
10 " To die trying is the proudest humans thing. "
11 " I needed a space suit the way a pig needs a pipe organ. "
12 " Money problems can always be solved by a man not frightened by them. "
13 " We’re simply trying to survive—and the first principle of survival is not to worry about the impossible and concentrate on what’s possible. "
14 " The best things in history are accomplished by people who get tired of being shoved around. "
15 " But when I see a black widow, I step on it; I don’t plead with it to be a good little spider and please stop poisoning people. "
16 " good luck’ follows careful preparation; ‘bad luck’ comes from sloppiness. "
17 " contrary to some opinions, it is better to be a dead hero than a live louse. Dying is messy and inconvenient but even a louse dies someday no matter what he will do to stay alive and he is forever having to explain his choice. "
18 " Getting a problem analyzed is two-thirds of solving it. "
19 " I wonder how harmless such people are? To what extent civilization is retarded by the laughing jackasses, the empty-minded belittlers? "
20 " I had never been much interested in Pluto, too few facts and too much isolation. "
