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

Quote by Robert A Heinlein

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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...

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...

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...

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

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

When a place gets crowded enough to require ID's, social collapse is not far away....

When a place gets crowded enough to require ID's, social collapse is not far away....

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...

I never learned from a man who agreed with me.

I never learned from a man who agreed with me.

Never insult anyone by accident.

Never insult anyone by accident.

To be matter-of-fact about the world is to blunder into fantasy - and dull fantasy...

To be matter-of-fact about the world is to blunder into fantasy - and dull fantasy...

By cultivating the beautiful we scatter the seeds of heavenly flowers, as by doing good...

By cultivating the beautiful we scatter the seeds of heavenly flowers, as by doing good...

May you live as long as you wish and love as long as you live.

May you live as long as you wish and love as long as you live.

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.

Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your...

Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your...

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.

The difference between science and the fuzzy subjects is that science requires reasoning while those...

The difference between science and the fuzzy subjects is that science requires reasoning while those...

Yield to temptation. It may not pass your way again.

Yield to temptation. It may not pass your way again.

Anyone who clings to the historically untrue -- and -- thoroughly immoral doctrine that violence...

Anyone who clings to the historically untrue -- and -- thoroughly immoral doctrine that violence...

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

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

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

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

Everything is theoretically impossible, until it is done.

Everything is theoretically impossible, until it is done.