1,085 Quotes by Robert A. Heinlein

When the need arises – and it does – you must be able to shoot your own dog.

I wanted the feeling of romance and the sense of wonder I had known as a kid. I wanted the world to be what they had promised me it was going to be – instead of the tawdry, lousy fouled-up mess it is.

Take your time and do it right, even if it takes another half second.

I don’t know Who is cranking; I’m pleased He doesn’t stop.

A generation which ignores history has no past – and no future.

High Frontier places a bullet-proof vest on our bare chest. High Frontier is as non-aggressive as a bullet-proof vest. There is no way to kill anyone with High Frontier – all that High Frontier can do is to keep others from killing us.

Why don’t they make more science fiction movies? The answer to any question starting, Why don’t they- is almost always, Money.

It’s a man’s business to be what he is, and to be it in style.

By the data to date, there is only one animal in the Galaxy dangerous to man – man himself. So he must supply his own indispensable competition. He has no enemy to help him.