Occupation: Science Writer Birth: July 7, 1907 Death: May 8, 1988
Men are more sentimental than women. It blurs their thinking..
There is no way that writers can be tamed and rendered civilized. Or even cured..
Die trying" is the proudest human thing..
There is solemn satisfaction in doing the best you can for eight billion people. Perhaps their lives have no cosmic significance, but they have feeli….
Love your country, but never trust its government..
...revolutions are not won by enlisting the masses. Revolution is a science for the few who are competent to practice it. It depends on correct organ….
The profession of shaman has many advantages. It offers high status with a safe livelihood free of work in the dreary, sweaty sense. In most societie….
Always store beer in a dark place..
I did the only really brave thing I have ever done in my life: I inched forward..
If I don’t start having service I’m going to swap you all for a dog and shoot the dog..
There is no worse tyranny than to force a man to pay for what he does not want merely because you think it would be good for him..
Reason is poor propaganda when opposed by the yammering, unceasing lies of shrewd and evil and self-serving men..
The capacity of the human mind for swallowing nonsense and spewing it forth in violent and repressive action has never yet been plumbed..
All normal human beings have soi-disant mixed-up glands. The race is divided into two parts: those who know this and those who do not..
Heinlein's Rules for Writers Rule One: You Must Write Rule Two: Finish What Your Start Rule Three: You Must Refrain From Rewriting, Except to Editori….
The hardest part about gaining any new idea is sweeping out the false idea occupying that niche. As long as that niche is occupied, evidence and proo….
You have attributed conditions to villainy that simply result from stupidity..
I scrolled on down to the obituaries. I usually read the obituaries first as there is always the happy chance that one of them will make my day..
Secrecy is the beginning of tyranny.
Duty is a debt you owe to yourself to fulfill obligations you have assumed voluntarily..
Certain types of loudmouthism should be a capital offense among decent people..