Here's a few of my faves...its funny how they are mostly from the works of Robert A. Heinlein...
Kissing girls is a goodness. It beats the hell out of card games. - RAH in Stranger in a Strange Land
I don't like to be called 'Doctor'... When they began handing out doctorates for comparative folk-dancing and advanced fly fishing, I became too stinkin' proud to use the title. I won't touch watered whiskey and I take no pride in watered-down degrees. - RAH in Stranger in a Strange Land
Some people say-I've heard talk-that married men should not go (to war). Because of their families.
But this involves contradiction, a fatal one. The family man dare not hang back and expect the bachelor to do his fighting for im. It is manifestly unfair for me to expect a bachelor to die for my children if I am unwilling to die for them myself. Enough of that attitude on the part of married men and the bachelor will refuse to fight if the married man stays safe at home...and the republic is doomed. The barbarian will walk in unopposed. - RAH in To Sail Beyond the Sunset
I will accept any rules that you feel necessary to your freedom. I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do. - RAH in The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
Pacifism is a shifty doctrin under which a man accepts the benefits of the social group without being willing to pay--and claims a halo for his dishonesty. - RAH in Double Star
Certainly the game is rigged. Don't let that stop you; if you don't bet you can't win. - RAH in Time Enough for Love
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects. - RAH in Time Enough for Love
A rational anarchist believes that concepts, such as 'state' and 'society' and 'government' have no existence save as physically exemplified in the acts of self-responsible individuals. He believes that it is impossible to shift blame, share blame, distribute blame.. as blame, guilt, responsibility are matters taking place inside human beings singly and _nowhere_ else. But being rational, he knows that not all individuals hold his evaluations, so he tries to live perfectly in an imperfect world.. aware that his efforts will be less than perfect yet undismayed by self-knowledge of self-failiure. - RAH in The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
What are the marks of a sick culture? It is a bad sign when the people of a country stop identifying themselves with the county and start identifying with a group. A racial group. Or a religion. Or a language. Anything, as long as it isn't the whole population. - RAH in Friday
Everything in excess! To enjoy the flavor of life, take big bites. Moderation is for monks! - RAH
In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. - Martin Luther King, Jr.
I may disagree with what you have to say, but I shall defend to the death your right to say it. - Voltaire
God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh. - Voltaire
just a few
