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Quotes from The Number of the Beast — Robert A. Heinlein

1907–1988 United States

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As for population, every major shortcoming of our native planet could be traced to one cause: too many people, not enough planet.

The Number of the Beast (1980)

Here is the wisdom of the ages: Men rule but women decide.

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Random numbers are to a computer what free will is to a human being.

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A man who bets on greed and dishonesty won’t be wrong too often.

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The Bible is such a gargantuan collection of conflicting values that anyone can prove anything from it.

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One can’t expect logic from males; they think with their testicles and act from their emotions.

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I am forced to conclude that being right has little to do with holding a woman’s affections.

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I knew that the stupidest students, the silliest professors, and the worst bull courses are concentrated in schools of education.

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“‘Magic,’” I stated, “is a symbol for any process not understood.”

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It is better to be a lively frump than a stylish corpse.

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I wish they wouldn’t hold mornings so early.

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I learned before you were born that when someone wants to see me in a hurry, the urgency is almost never mutual.

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This Universe never did make sense; I suspect that it was built on government contract.

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I am learning that we still have things to learn.

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No philosopher allows his opinions to be swayed by facts—he would be kicked out of his guild. Theologians, the lot of them.

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Don’t worry about it. There is less here than meets the eye.

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The Meek Shall Inherit the Earth, One Meter Wide and Two Meters Long.

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I hadn’t learned much in high school; I had majored in girls.

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I can’t evaluate my opinions of right and wrong because I learned them from my parents and haven’t lived long enough to have formed opinions in disagreement with theirs.

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I trust that I am honest with myself. I know that I am not very sociable and I expect to go on being so; a man capable of creative work has no time to spare for fools who would like to visit.

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Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Robert A. Heinlein (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.