1,085 Quotes by Robert A. Heinlein

To be matter-of-fact about the world is to blunder into fantasy - and dull fantasy at that, as the real world is strange and wonderful.

All my enemies are self-appointed.

The truth of a proposition has nothing to do with its credibility. And vice versa.

Democracy is a poor system of government at best; the only thing that can honestly be said in its favor is that it is eight times as good as any other method the human race has ever tried.

When railroading time comes you can railroad—but not before.

Beauty is not diminished by being shared.

I have never been impressed by the formal schools of ethics.

When I don’t understand, I have an unbearable itch to know why.

Anything free is worth what you pay for it.