Simon Jester > Simon's Quotes

“Nothing uses up alcohol faster than political argument.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress

“One might define adulthood as the age at which a person learns that he must die ...and accepts his sentence undismayed.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress

“The trouble with conspiracies is that they rot internally.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress

“Certain types of loudmouthism should be a capital offense among decent people.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress

“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.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress

“Seems to be a deep instinct in human beings for making everything compulsory that isn't forbidden.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress

“Drop dead-but first get permit”
― Robert A. Heinlein, The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress

“Some logics get nervous breakdowns. Overloaded phone system behaves like frightened child. Mike did not have upsets, acquired sense of humor instead. Low one. If he were a man, you wouldn't dare stoop over. His idea of thigh-slapper would be to dump you out of bed — or put itch powder in pressure suit.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress