Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something.

—Robert A. Heinlein

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About Robert A. Heinlein

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Robert Anson Heinlein ( HYNE-lyne; July 7, 1907 – May 8, 1988) was an American science fiction author, engineer, and naval officer. Sometimes called the "dean of science fiction writers", he was among the first to emphasize scientific accuracy in his fiction and was thus a pioneer of the subgenre...

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Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.

—Robert A. Heinlein

Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.

—Robert A. Heinlein

Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of, but do it in private and wash your hands afterwards.

—Robert A. Heinlein

Of course the game is rigged. Don't let that stop you—if you don't play, you can't win.

—Robert A. Heinlein

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The supreme irony of life is that hardly anyone gets out of it alive.

—Robert A. Heinlein

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Doubt is the father of invention.

—Ambrose Bierce

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If we have learned one thing from the history of invention and discovery, it is that, in the long run—and often in the short one—the most daring prophecies seem laughably conservative.

—Arthur C. Clarke

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Getting caught is the mother of invention.

—Robert Byrne

I can forgive Alfred Nobel for having invented dynamite, but only a fiend in human form could have invented the Nobel Prize.

—George Bernard Shaw

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To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.

—Thomas A. Edison

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