To be matter of fact about the world is to blunder into fantasy -- and dull fantasy at that, as the real world is strange and wonderful.

Quote by Robert A Heinlein

Topics: World Quotes

When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects,...

When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects,...

Political tags - such as royalist, communist, democrat, populist, fascist, liberal, conservative, and so forth...

Political tags - such as royalist, communist, democrat, populist, fascist, liberal, conservative, and so forth...

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.

It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creeds...

It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creeds...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Sex without love is merely healthy exercise.

Sex without love is merely healthy exercise.

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...

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...

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...

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.

I never learned from a man who agreed with me.

I never learned from a man who agreed with me.

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...

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...

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

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

I feel coming on a strange disease - humility.

I feel coming on a strange disease - humility.

A bride is a woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her.

A bride is a woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her.

If the battle for civilization comes down to the wimps versus the barbarians, the barbarians...

If the battle for civilization comes down to the wimps versus the barbarians, the barbarians...

Politeness is what warmth is to wax

Politeness is what warmth is to wax