Robert A. Heinlein

Stupidity cannot be cured. Stupidity is the only universal capital crime; the sentence is death. There is no appeal, and execution is carried out automatically and without pity. ↗

— Robert A. Heinlein

#death

If you've got the truth you can demonstrate it. Talking doesn't prove it. ↗

— Robert A. Heinlein

#philosophy #science #science

But goodness alone is never enough. A hard, cold wisdom is required for goodness to accomplish good. Goodness without wisdom always accomplishes evil. ↗

— Robert A. Heinlein

#wisdom #accomplishments

I don't see why human people make such a heavy trip out of sex. It isn't anything complex, it is simply the best thing in life, even better than food. ↗

— Robert A. Heinlein

#food

A woman is not property, and husbands who think otherwise are living in a dreamworld. ↗

— Robert A. Heinlein

#love

Some people insist that 'mediocre' is better than 'best.' They delight in clipping wings because they themselves can't fly. They despise brains because they have none. ↗

— Robert A. Heinlein

#excellence #inspirational #life #philosophy #truth

Animals can be driven crazy by placing too many in too small a pen. Homo sapiens is the only animal that voluntarily does this to himself. ↗

— Robert A. Heinlein

#love

Certainly the game is rigged. Don't let that stop you; if you don't bet you can't win. ↗

— Robert A. Heinlein

#love

Its very variety, subtlety, and utterly irrational, idiomatic complexity makes it possible to say things in English which simply cannot be said in any other language. ↗

— Robert A. Heinlein

#english

A poet who reads his verse in public may have other nasty habits. ↗

— Robert A. Heinlein

#poets