1,085 Quotes by Robert A. Heinlein

The Stone trembled and threw herself outward bound, toward Saturn. In her train followed hundreds and thousands and hundreds of thousands of thousands of restless, rolling Stones . . . to Saturn . . . to Uranus, to Pluto . . . rolling on out to the stars . . . outward bound to the ends of the Universe.

I was no fool; I was aware that when another man is too anxious to force money on one, it is time to examine the cards, for there is almost certainly something illegal, or dangerous, or both, involved in the matter.

There are no dangerous weapons; there are only dangerous men.

No statement should be believed because it is made by an authority.

It's better to copulate than not.

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

It seems to me that any law that is not enforced and can't be enforced weakens all other laws.

Spacemen die if they stay in one place.

Jill: 'I don't pay attention to politics.' Ben: 'You should. It's barely less important than your own heart beat.' Jill: 'I don't pay attention to that, either.