Theology is never any help; it is searching in a dark cellar at midnight for a black cat that isn't there. Theologians can persuade themselves of anything.

Quote by Robert A Heinlein

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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.

The supreme irony of life is that hardly anyone gets out of it alive.

The supreme irony of life is that hardly anyone gets out of it alive.

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

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

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...

Never insult anyone by accident.

Never insult anyone by accident.

One man's theology is another man's belly laugh.

One man's theology is another man's belly laugh.

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.

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

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

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

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

A great artist can look at an old woman, portray her exactly as she is......

A great artist can look at an old woman, portray her exactly as she is......

Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier...

Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier...

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...

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...

Progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things

Progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things

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

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

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.

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

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

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...

The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness.

The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness.

Happiness is not the absence of problems but the ability to deal with them.

Happiness is not the absence of problems but the ability to deal with them.