Robert Heinlein Quotes

“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.”

“In the absence of clearly defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily trivia until ultimately we become enslaved by them.”

“Everything is theoretically impossible, until it is done.”

“One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others.”