1,085 Quotes by Robert A. Heinlein

Customs, morals—is there a difference? Woman, do you realize what you are doing? Here, by the grace of God and an inside straight, we have a personality untouched by the psychotic taboos of our tribe—and you want to turn him into a carbon copy of every fourth-rate conformist in this frightened land! Why don’t you go whole hog? Get him a brief case and make him carry it wherever he goes—make him feel shame if he doesn’t have it.

One should not attend even the end of the world without a good breakfast.

...a book need never die and should not be killed; books were the immortal part of man.

An armed society is a polite society.

Unless you intend to kill him immediately thereafter, never kick a man in the balls. Not even symbolically. Or perhaps especially not symbolically.

Heinlein's Rules for Writers Rule One: You Must WriteRule Two: Finish What Your StartRule Three: You Must Refrain From Rewriting, Except to Editorial OrderRule Four: You Must Put Your Story on the MarketRule Five: You Must Keep it on the Market until it has Sold

I am only an egg.

When you read about chemistry and physics, you want to do them too.

Bana erdemiyle gururlanan evli kadını hatırlattı. Sadece kocası evde değilken diğer erkeklerle yatıyordu.