1,085 Quotes by Robert A. Heinlein

Never try to outstubborn a cat.

Anyone who can worship a trinity and insist that his religion is a monotheism can believe anything.

there used to be, dirtside, a legal defenses called "diminished capacity" and "not guilty by reason on insanity." These concepts would bewilder a Loonie. In Luna City a man would necessarily be of diminished mental capacity to even think about rape; to carry one out would be the strongest possible proof of insanity - but among Loonies such mental disorders would not gain a rapist any sympathy. loonies do not psychoanalyze a rapist; they kill him. Now. Fast. Brutally.

God split himself into a myriad parts that he might have friends. This may not be true, but it sounds good—and is no sillier than any other theology.

You can’t conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him.

History has the relation to truth that theology has to religion — ie., none to speak of

Sense is never common.

I don't gamble, if you will concede that poker is a game of skill.

A hero must hero.