Robert Heinlein

[Kyle]

“An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.”

 

[Kyle]

“You can sway a thousand men by appealing to their prejudices quicker than you can convince one man by logic.”

 

[glhs837]

I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do. 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.

 

[spr1975wshs]

I have spent too much of my life opening doors for cats—I once calculated that, since the dawn of civilization, nine hundred and seventy-eight man-centuries have been used up that way. I could show you figures.

 

[Kyle]

A generation that ignores history, has no past, and no future.

 

[glhs837]

I never learned from a man who agreed with me.

 

[GregV814]

a man cannot carry two watermelons under his arm

 

[glhs837]

a man cannot carry two watermelons under his arm

 

[jrt_ms1995]

a man cannot carry two watermelons under his arm

I think what Heinlein actually wrote was "A man cannot carry two watermelons on his chest, but some women do!"

 

[Grumpy]

I think what Heinlein actually wrote was "A man cannot carry two watermelons on his chest, but some women do!"

Damn, I thought that was Gilligan

 

[Kyle]

I think what Heinlein actually wrote was "A man cannot carry two watermelons on his chest, but some women do!"

But were they the round watermelons or the oblong variety?

 

[GregV814]

ahem, .... I see the resolutions to abstain from the mediocrity of subliminal pre-adolescent banter has eluded keyboards. Thusly the authors.

May I remind some that the complexion of Havvahd in academia has morphed in post modern renaissance we're living now?

Can you imagine Simon and Garfunkel, whose prose included Emily Dickinson and Robert Frost, writing about, "eyhhh Eddie, look at the knockers on that dude"? I think not!!

 

[Kyle]

I failed.

I shall report to Mistress Helga for several lashes and repentance.

... Damn, I just did it again.

 

[jrt_ms1995]

But were they the round watermelons or the oblong variety?

Well, cantaloupes anyway.

 

[Kyle]

 

[glhs837]

This one seems particularly apt lately.

When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects, This you may not read, this you must not see, this you are forbidden to know, the end result is tyranny and oppression no matter how holy the motives.

 

[glhs837]

And if I were not a lowly contractor who tastes good with ketchup, I would make this my signature line at work....

They didn't want it good, they wanted it Wednesday.

 

[stgislander]

And if I were not a lowly contractor who tastes good with ketchup, I would make this my signature line at work....

OK, but when do they REALLY need it?

 

[glhs837]

OK, but when do they REALLY need it?

Generally before we could make it right. Takes 2-3 years to write a contract. From signing its 18 months til hardware. And every time you point out a lack of some kind, you push back that 18 month timeline.