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“Never try to outstubborn a cat.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, Time Enough for Love

“Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.”
― Robert Heinlein, Time Enough for Love

“Always listen to experts. They'll tell you what can't be done, and why. Then do it.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, Time Enough for Love

“Sense is never common.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, Time Enough for Love

“Science fiction is a field of writing where, month after month, every printed word implies to hundreds of thousands of people: 'There is change. Look, today's fantastic story is tomorrow's fact.”
― Van Vogt a.E

“But reality really is a mess, and yet it's exciting. The basic thing is, how frightened are you of chaos? And how happy are you with order? Van Vogt influenced me so much because he made me appreciate a mysterious chaotic quality in the universe which is not to be feared.”
― Philip K. Dick, Philip K. Dick: The Last Interview and Other Conversations

“Never tease an old dog; he might have one bite left.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, Time Enough for Love

“Everybody lies about sex.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, Time Enough for Love

“Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.”
― Robert A. Heinlein

“Learning to ignore things is one of the great paths to inner peace.”
― Robert J. Sawyer, Calculating God

“God is dead,' Nick said. 'They found his carcass in 2019. Floating in space near Alpha.'

'They found the remains of an organism advanced several thousand times over what we are,' Charley said. 'And evidently could create habitable worlds and populate them with living organisms, derived from itself. But that doesn't prove it was God.”
― Philip K. Dick, Our Friends From Frolix 8

“Imagination is the first stage of escapism.”
― Sheila Eskew

“Fifty grand for a paper bucket? Well it was all about context, you see.”
― Paul Christensen, The Hungry Wolves of Van Diemen's Land