1,085 Quotes by Robert A. Heinlein

I'm too much old-timer to be rude to a woman no matter what - they have so much of what we have none of.

Then I glanced at the ring on my finger.The Snake That Eats Its Own Tail, Forever and Ever. I know where I came from—but where did all you zombies come from?I felt a headache coming on, but a headache powder is one thing I do not take. I did once—and you all went away.So I crawled into bed and whistled out the light.You aren’t really there at all. There isn’t anybody but me—Jane—here alone in the dark.I miss you dreadfully!

A dying culture invariably exhibits personal rudeness. Bad manners. Lack of consideration for others in minor matters. A loss of politeness, of gentle manners, is more significant than is a riot.

Always listen to experts. They'll tell you what can't be done, and why. Then do it.

I waited. Women talk when they want to. Or don't.

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.

She found as always that words on paper proved themselves; they were so beautifully true.

It is almost impossible to shake of one's earliest training. Duke, can you get it through your skull that had you been brought up by Martians, you would have the same attitude toward eating and being eaten as Mike has.

Theology is never any help; it is searching in a dark cellar at midnight for a black cat that isn't there. Theologians can persuade themselves of anything.