Robert A. Heinlein

The difference between science and the fuzzy subjects is that science requires reasoning while those other subjects merely require scholarship. ↗

— Robert A. Heinlein

#difference #fuzzy #merely #other #reasoning

One could write a history of science in reverse by assembling the solemn pronouncements of highest authority about what could not be done and could never happen. ↗

— Robert A. Heinlein

#assembling #authority #could #done #happen

I don't see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes. ↗

— Robert A. Heinlein

#clothing #how #i #indecent #person

It's an indulgence to sit in a room and discuss your beliefs as if they were a juicy piece of gossip. ↗

— Robert A. Heinlein

#discuss #gossip #indulgence #juicy #piece

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

— Robert A. Heinlein

#anything #competent #incapable #insecurity #invariably

An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life. ↗

— Robert A. Heinlein

#acts #armed #back #back up #good

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

— Robert A. Heinlein

#me #non #politeness #sine

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

— Robert A. Heinlein

#ashamed #hands #necessarily #private #something