William Cavendish Quotes


Never underestimate the power of human stupidity. Robert A. Heinlein Power 243
A generation which ignores history has no past-and no future. Robert A. Heinlein History 178
A generation which ignores history has no past and no future. Robert A. Heinlein History 173
Everything is theoretically impossible, until it is done. Robert A. Heinlein Done 151
Stupidity cannot be cured. Stupidity is the only universal capital crime the sentence is death. There is no appeal and execution is carried out automatically and without pity. Robert A. Heinlein Stupidity 145
An elephant is a mouse built to government specifications. Robert A. Heinlein Uncategorized 135
Never insult anyone by accident. Robert A. Heinlein Accident 134
Sex without love is merely healthy exercise. Robert A. Heinlein Exercise 131
Darling a true lady takes off her dignity with her clothes and does her whorish best. At other times you can be as modest and dignified as your persona requires. Robert A. Heinlein Notebooks of Lazarus Robert A. Heinlein Dignity 128
Ninety percent of all human wisdom is the ability to mind your own business. Robert A. Heinlein Wisdom 120
The supreme irony of life is that hardly anyone gets out of it alive. Robert A. Heinlein Alive 117
One mans magic is another mans engineering. Supernatural is a null word. Robert A. Heinlein Magic 113
A dying culture invariably exhibits personal rudeness. Bad manners. Lack of consideration for others in minor matters. A loss of politeness, of gentle manners, is more significant than is a riot... Robert A. Heinlein Manners 113
Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors... and miss. Robert A. Heinlein Collectors 113
The Earth is just too small and fragile a basket for the human race to keep all its eggs in it. Robert A. Heinlein World 111
A society that gets rid of all its troublemakers goes downhill. Robert A. Heinlein Society 109
Secrecy begets tyranny. Robert A. Heinlein Democracy 102
May you live as long as you wish and love as long as you live. Robert A. Heinlein Live 100
Customs tell a man who he is where he belongs what he must do. Better illogical customs than none men cannot live together without them. From an anthropologists view justice is a search for workable customs. Robert A. Heinlein Justice 98
There aint no such thing as a free lunch. Robert A. Heinlein Economics 97
Goodness without wisdom always accomplishes evil. Robert A. Heinlein Wisdom 96
The difference between science and the fuzzy subjects is that science requires reasoning while those other subjects merely require scholarship. Robert A. Heinlein Science 93
One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others. Robert A. Heinlein Life 91
Gratitude: An imaginary emotion that rewards an imaginary behavior, altruism. Both imaginaries are false faces for selfishness, which is a real and honest emotion. Robert A. Heinlein Gratitude 91
Geniuses and supergeniuses always make their own rules about sex as on everything else; they do not accept the monkey customs of their lessers. Robert A. Heinlein Sex 91
Nothing uses up alcohol faster than political argument. Robert A. Heinlein Witty 88
Belief gets in the way of learning. Robert A. Heinlein Belief 88
The slickest way in the world to lie is to tell the right amount of truth at the right timeand then shut up. Robert A. Heinlein Lying 87
Never own more than you can carry in both hands at a dead run. Robert A. Heinlein Science fiction 85
Harshaw had the arrogant humility of the man who has learned so much that he is aware of his own ignorance and he saw no point in measurements when he did not know what he was measuring. Robert A. Heinlein Humility 84
Violence naked force has settled more issues in history than has any other factor. Robert A. Heinlein Violence 83
It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so. Robert A. Heinlein Power 82
You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once. Robert A. Heinlein Peace 79
When a place gets crowded enough to require ID's, social collapse is not far away. It is time to go elsewhere. The best thing about space travel is that it made it possible to go elsewhere. Robert A. Heinlein Travel 79
Women are amazing creaturessweet soft gentle and far more savage than we are. Robert A. Heinlein Women 79
Jealousy is a disease love is a healthy condition. The immature mind often mistakes one for the other or assumes that the greater the love the greater the jealousy in fact they are almost incompatible one emotion hardly leaves room for the other. Robert A. Heinlein Jealousy 78
Theology is never any help it is searching in a dark cellar at midnight for a black cat that isnt there. Theologians can persuade themselves of anything. Robert A. Heinlein Theology 77
To stay young requires unceasing cultivation of the ability to unlearn of falsehoods. Robert A. Heinlein Learning 77
Never try to outstubborn a cat. Robert A. Heinlein Cat 77
Men are not potatoes Robert A. Heinlein Science 76
No woman ever ages beyond eighteen in her heart. Robert A. Heinlein Young 72
An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life. Robert A. Heinlein Society 71
Courage is the complement of fear. A man who is fearless cannot be courageous.(He is also a fool.) Robert A. Heinlein Uncategorized 68
The greatest productive force is human selfishness. Robert A. Heinlein Selfishness 67
Anyone who considers protocol unimportant has never dealt with a cat. Robert A. Heinlein Anyone 66
No matter where or what, there are makers, takers, and fakers. Robert A. Heinlein People 66
Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea. Robert A. Heinlein Pet 65
Climate is what you expect weather is what you get. Robert A. Heinlein True 64
If you are part of a society that votes then do so. There may be no candidates and no measures you want to vote for ... but there are certain to be ones you want to vote against. In case of doubt vote against. By this rule you will rarely go wrong. Robert A. Heinlein Democracy 63
Sin lies in hurting other people unnecessarily. All other sins are invented nonsense. Robert A. Heinlein Wrong 63

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