1,085 Quotes by Robert A. Heinlein

You have to give an editor something to change, or he gets frustrated. After he pees in it himself, he likes the flavor much better, so he buys it.

Private,' he said firmly. 'Family matter. Go have a drink.''Whose family?''A death in yours, if you insist.

I happen to be of an almost extinct breed, an old-fashioned gentleman--which means I can be a real revolving son of a bitch when it suits me.

He ate what was set before him

You were probably educated in the conventional economic theories of your period which were magnificent and most ingenious, but--if you will pardon my saying so--all wrong.

I never do anything I don't want to do. Nor does anyone, but in my case I am always aware of it.

İdareli bir demokrasi muhteşem bir şeydir, Manuel, idare edenler için... en büyük gücü de ‘Özgür’ün ‘sorumluluk sahibi ‘ olarak tanımlandığı ve neyin ‘sorumsuz ‘ olduğunu idarecilerin belirlediği ‘özgür basın’dır.

…certain feet were made for stepping on ,in order to improve the breed, promote the general welfare and minimize the ancient insolence of office..

A committee is the only known form of life with a hundred bellies and no brain.