1,085 Quotes by Robert A. Heinlein

When you're rich, you don't have friends; you just have endless acquaintances.

A community where everyone is a ruthless murderer, with handy access to death-dealing devices, is a very polite community.

Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.

It's amazing how much 'mature wisdom' resembles being too tired.

I never learned from a man who agreed with me.

Mighty little force is needed to control a man whose mind has been hoodwinked; contrariwise, no amount of force can control a free man, a man whose mind is free. No, not the rack, not fission bombs, not anything - you can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him.

We came here for a small, informal meeting. We find you've turned it into a circus. Well, if you're going to have a circus, you've got to have elephants.

There are perhaps 5% of the population that simply can't think. There are another 5% who can, and do. The remaining 90% can think, but don't

Revolution is an art that I pursue rather than a goal I expect to achieve. Nor is this a source of dismay; a lost cause can be as spiritually satisfying as a victory.