1,085 Quotes by Robert A. Heinlein

Always tell her she is beautiful, especially if she is not.

There comes a time in the life of every human when he or she must decide to risk ‘his life, his fortune and his sacred honor’ on an outcome dubious. Those who fail the challenge are merely overgrown children, can never be anything else.

If an elderly respected expert in a given field tells you that something can be done he is almost certainly right. If an elderly respected expert in a given field tells you that something is impossible, he is almost certainly wrong.

From the strictest humanitarian viewpoint, any attempt to stop the processes by which over crowded cities purge themselves is not a kindness.

Humoring them costs nothing and adds to happiness in a world in which happiness is always in short supply.

Nobody ever wins a lawsuit but the lawyers.

In a family argument, if it turns out you are right, apologize at once.

Money is the sincerest of all flattery. Women love to be flattered. So do men.

Many short-sighted fools think that going to the Moon was just a stunt. But the astronauts knew the meaning of what they were doing, as is shown by Neil Armstrong's first words in stepping down onto the soil of Luna: "One small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind."