491 quotes
I don’t believe he would have conceded that he had five fingers on his right hand without an auditor to back him up.
The Fantasies of Robert A. Heinlein (1999)
There ought to be some rule limiting the number of emotional shocks a person can legally be subjected to in one day.
The Cat Who Walks Through Walls (1985)
There is no such thing as luck; there is only adequate or inadequate preparation to cope with a statistical universe.
Have Space Suit—Will Travel (1958)
Old age is not an accomplishment; it is just something that happens to you despite yourself, like falling downstairs.
Podkayne of Mars (1963)
A proud self image is the strongest incentive you can have toward correct behavior.
To Sail Beyond the Sunset (1987)
Matt, you are suffering from a disease of youth—you expect moral problems to have nice, neat, black-and-white answers.
Space Cadet (1948)
Never worry about theory as long as the machinery does what it's supposed to do.
When you’re rich, you don’t have friends; you just have endless acquaintances.
I Will Fear No Evil (1970)
You have attributed conditions to villainy that simply result from stupidity.
The Past Through Tomorrow (1967)
It takes all nations to keep the peace, but it only takes one to start a war.
Off the Main Sequence (2005)
Like searching at midnight in a dark cellar for a black cat that isn’t there.
Starman Jones (1953)
I think perhaps of all the things a police state can do to its citizens, distorting history is possibly the most pernicious.
The Past Through Tomorrow (1967)
I do not like weapons, Doctor; they are the last resort of faulty diplomacy.
The Star Beast (1954)
If you’re going to be businessmen, don’t confuse the vocation with larceny.
The Rolling Stones (1952)
A totalitarian political religion is incompatible with free investigation.
Off the Main Sequence (2005)
Marriages are arranged in heaven but the bills must be paid here on earth.
Friday (1982)
Hundred dollar bills have a hypnotic effect on a person not used to them.
Off the Main Sequence (2005)
A man has to grow up in a language to be able to understand it scrambled.
Sixth Column (1949)
Marriage is not a sometime thing; it’s whole hawg or you’re not married.
To Sail Beyond the Sunset (1987)
I knew that the stupidest students, the silliest professors, and the worst bull courses are concentrated in schools of education.
The Number of the Beast (1980)