I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything…

Quote by Robert A Heinlein

Topics: Robert A Heinlein Quotes

Everything is theoretically impossible, until it is done.

Everything is theoretically impossible, until it is done.

They didn't want it good, they wanted it Wednesday.

They didn't want it good, they wanted it Wednesday.

Never insult anyone by accident.

Never insult anyone by accident.

One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy...

One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy...

One man's magic is another man's engineering. Supernatural is a null word.

One man's magic is another man's engineering. Supernatural is a null word.

Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of, but do it in private and...

Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of, but do it in private and...

Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and...

Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and...

I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I...

I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I...

A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a...

A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a...

For me, politeness is a sine qua non of civilization.

For me, politeness is a sine qua non of civilization.

An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to...

An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to...

Don't ever become a pessimist... a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an...

Don't ever become a pessimist... a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an...

A society that gets rid of all its troublemakers goes downhill.

A society that gets rid of all its troublemakers goes downhill.

The universe never did make sense; I suspect it was built on government contract.

The universe never did make sense; I suspect it was built on government contract.

Women will forgive anything. Otherwise, the race would have died out long ago.

Women will forgive anything. Otherwise, the race would have died out long ago.

Never worry about theory as long as the machinery does what it's supposed to do.

Never worry about theory as long as the machinery does what it's supposed to do.

No statement should be believed because it is made by an authority.

No statement should be believed because it is made by an authority.

Money problems can always be solved by a man not frightened by them.

Money problems can always be solved by a man not frightened by them.

Don't count your check-ins before they cash.

Don't count your check-ins before they cash.

Don't count your check-ins before they cash.

Don't count your check-ins before they cash.

The insolence of authority is endeavoring to substitute money for ideas.

The insolence of authority is endeavoring to substitute money for ideas.

Through money or power you cannot solve all problems. The problem in the human heart...

Through money or power you cannot solve all problems. The problem in the human heart...