1,085 Quotes by Robert A. Heinlein

I’ve never understood how God could expect His creatures to pick the one true religion by faith-it strikes me as a sloppy way to run a universe.

There were many, many times thereafter that Don regretted having enlisted – but so has every man who ever volunteered for military service.

Most women are damn fools and children. But they’ve got more range than we’ve got. The brave ones are braver, the good ones are better – and the vile ones are viler, for that matter.

A rational anarchist believes that concepts such as ‘state’ and ‘society’ and ‘government’ have no existence save as physically exemplified in the acts of self-responsible individuals.

Marriage is a young man’s disaster and an old man’s comfort.

Being sorry won’t get you into heaven. Get happy, son. Get that old spring into your step and stay on your toes.

Never force an idea; you’ll abort it if you do.

The worst that can possibly have happened to him is death and that we are all in for – if not this morning, then in days, or weeks, or years at most.

But, whatever you do, do not let the past be a straitjacket!