Excerpts taken from the great novel Time Enough for Love written by Robert A. Heinlien.
Always listen to experts. They'll tell you what can't be done, and why. Then do it. -- Lazarus Long in Time Enough for Love
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, solve equations, pitch manure, program a computer, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects. -- Lazarus Long
Get a shot off fast. This upsets him long enough to let you make your second shot perfect. -- Lazarus Long in Time Enough for Love
Certainly the game is rigged. Don't let that stop you; if you don't bet you can't win. -- Lazarus Long in Time Enough for Love
A fake fortune teller can be tolerated. But an authentic soothsayer should be shot on sight. Cassandra did not get half the kicking around she deserved. -- Lazarus Long in Time Enough for Love
Your enemy is never a villain in his own eyes. Keep this in mind, it may offer a way to make him your friend. If not, you can kill him without hate, and quickly. -- Lazarus Long in Time Enough for Love
There is no conclusive evidence of life after death. But there is no evidence of any sort against it. Soon enough you will know. So why fret about it? -- Lazarus Long in Time Enough for Love
Cheops' Law Nothing ever gets built on schedule or within budget. -- Lazarus Long in Time Enough for Love
Money is a powerful aphrodisiac. But flowers work almost as well. --Lazarus Long in Time Enough for Love
A brute kills for pleasure. A fool kills from hate. -- Lazarus Long in Time Enough for Love
Delusions are often functional. A mother's opinions about her children's beauty, intelligence, goodness, et cetera ad nauseum, keep her from drowning them at birth. -- Lazarus Long in Time Enough for Love
It may be better to be a live jackal than a dead lion, but it is better still to be a live lion. And usually easier. -- Lazarus Long in Time Enough for Love
One man's theology is another man's belly laugh. -- Lazarus Long in Time Enough for Love
Little girls, like butterflies, need no excuse. -- Lazarus Long in Time Enough for Love
A generation which ignores history has no past and no future. -- Lazarus Long in Time Enough for Love
Place your clothes and weapons where you can find them in the dark. -- Lazarus Long in Time Enough for Love
An elephant is a mouse built to government specifications. -- Lazarus Long in Time Enough for Love
A poet who reads his verse in public may have other nasty habits. -- Lazarus Long in Time Enough for Love
Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of, but do it in private and wash your hands afterwards. -- Lazarus Long in Time Enough for Love
When the ship lifts, all bills are paid. No regrets. -- Lazarus Long in Time Enough for Love
You live and learn. Or you don't live long. -- Lazarus Long in Time Enough for Love
A woman is not property, and husbands who think otherwise are living in a dreamworld. -- Lazarus Long in Time Enough for Love
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity -- Lazarus Long in Time Enough for Love
Always tell her she is beautiful, especially if she is not. -- Lazarus Long in Time Enough for Love
Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors, and miss. -- Lazarus Long in Time Enough for Love
Never try to out stubborn a cat. -- Lazarus Long in Time Enough for Love
Tilting at windmills hurts you more than the windmills. -- Lazarus Long in Time Enough for Love
The more you love, the more you can love and the more intensely you love. Nor is there any limit on how many you can love. If a person had time enough, he could love all of that majority who are decent and just. -- Lazarus Long in Time Enough for Love
Yield to temptation; it may not pass your way again. -- Lazarus Long in Time Enough for Love
A committee is a lifeform with six or more legs and no brain. -- Lazarus Long in Time Enough for Love |
