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

Quote by Robert A Heinlein

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I never learned from a man who agreed with me.

I never learned from a man who agreed with me.

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

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

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....

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

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

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...

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...

Anyone who considers protocol unimportant has never dealt with a cat.

Anyone who considers protocol unimportant has never dealt with a cat.

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.

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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

The most thoroughly and relentlessly Damned, banned, excluded, condemned, forbidden, ostracized, ignore, suppressed, repressed, robbed,...

The most thoroughly and relentlessly Damned, banned, excluded, condemned, forbidden, ostracized, ignore, suppressed, repressed, robbed,...

You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress...

You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress...

Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.

Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.