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Quotes from Time for the Stars — Robert A. Heinlein

1907–1988 United States

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When it comes down to it, the root cause of war is always population pressure no matter what other factors enter in.

Time for the Stars (1956)

You have to believe evidence when you have it in front of you, or else the universe is just too fantastic.

Time for the Stars (1956)

Parents probably don’t know that they are playing favorites even when they are doing it.

Time for the Stars (1956)

Learning isn’t a means to an end; it is an end in itself.

Time for the Stars (1956)

I don’t know; maybe Frank had good intentions, but I sometimes think “good intentions” should be declared a capital crime.

Time for the Stars (1956)

I decided not to cross any bridges I had burned behind me.

Time for the Stars (1956)

“Harry, I need advice.”
“You do? Well, I’ve got it in all sizes. All of it free and all of it worth what it costs, I’m afraid.”

Time for the Stars (1956)

Attend me. How do you prove that there are eggs in a bird’s nest? Don’t strain your gray matter: go climb the tree and find out. There is no other way.

Time for the Stars (1956)

I was confused. I didn’t feel telepathic; I merely felt hungry.

Time for the Stars (1956)

“Pat, can’t you get it through your thick head to leave well enough alone?”
“I don’t see what’s wrong with my logic.”
“Since when was an emotional argument won by logic?”

Time for the Stars (1956)

Attribution

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