1,085 Quotes by Robert A. Heinlein

A great artist can look at an old woman, portray her exactly as she is... and force the viewer to see the pretty girl she used to be... more than that he can make anyone with the sensitivity of an armidillo see that this lovely young girl is still alive, prisoned inside her ruined body.

Never frighten a little man. He'll kill you.

I believe that this hairless embryo with the aching, oversize brain case and the opposable thumb, this animal barely up from the apes, will endure --will endure longer than his home planet, will spread out to the other planets, to the stars, and beyond, carrying with him his honesty, his insatiable curiosity, his unlimited courage --and his noble essential decency. This I believe with all my heart.

Television leaves no external scars.

But does Man have any 'right' to spread through the universe? Man is what he is, a wild animal with the will to survive, and (so far) the ability, against all competition. Unless one accepts that, anything one says about morals, war, politics, you name it, is nonsense. Correct morals arise from knowing what man is, not what do-gooders and well-meaning old Aunt Nellies would like him to be. The Universe will let us know - later - whether or not Man has any "right" to expand through it.

Most people can't think, most of the remainder won't think, and the small fraction who do think mostly can't do it very well.

Boats and ships are female because they are beautiful, lovable, expensive and unpredictable.

A government-supported artist is an incompetent whore! Robert A

Sex should be friendly. Otherwise stick to mechanical toys; it's more sanitary.