Quotes from Have Space Suit—Will Travel

“Being a mother is an attitude, not a biological relation.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, quote from Have Space Suit—Will Travel

“Some people insist that 'mediocre' is better than 'best.' They delight in clipping wings because they themselves can't fly. They despise brains because they have none.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, quote from Have Space Suit—Will Travel

“Money problems can always be solved by a man not frightened by them. ”
― Robert A. Heinlein, quote from Have Space Suit—Will Travel

“We’re simply trying to survive—and the first principle of survival is not to worry about the impossible and concentrate on what’s possible.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, quote from Have Space Suit—Will Travel

“Many problems can be solved by a man not frightened by them.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, quote from Have Space Suit—Will Travel

“But when I see a black widow, I step on it; I don’t plead with it to be a good little spider and please stop poisoning people.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, quote from Have Space Suit—Will Travel

“The best things in history are accomplished by people who get tired of being shoved around.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, quote from Have Space Suit—Will Travel

“good luck’ follows careful preparation; ‘bad luck’ comes from sloppiness.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, quote from Have Space Suit—Will Travel

“Getting a problem analyzed is two-thirds of solving it.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, quote from Have Space Suit—Will Travel

“contrary to some opinions, it is better to be a dead hero than a live louse. Dying is messy and inconvenient but even a louse dies someday no matter what he will do to stay alive and he is forever having to explain his choice.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, quote from Have Space Suit—Will Travel

“To die trying is the proudest humans thing.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, quote from Have Space Suit—Will Travel

“I wonder how harmless such people are? To what extent civilization is retarded by the laughing jackasses, the empty-minded belittlers?”
― Robert A. Heinlein, quote from Have Space Suit—Will Travel

“There is no such thing as luck. There is only adequate or inadequate preparation to cope with a statistical universe.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, quote from Have Space Suit—Will Travel

“Daddy says that, in a dilemma, it is helpful to change any variable, then reexamine the problem.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, quote from Have Space Suit—Will Travel

“I needed a space suit the way a pig needs a pipe organ.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, quote from Have Space Suit—Will Travel

“I had never been much interested in Pluto, too many facts and too much isolation.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, quote from Have Space Suit—Will Travel

“Some people insist that ‘mediocre’ is better than ‘best.’ They delight in clipping wings because they themselves can’t fly. They despise brains because they have none. Pfah!”
― Robert A. Heinlein, quote from Have Space Suit—Will Travel

“When you read about chemistry and physics, you want to do them too.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, quote from Have Space Suit—Will Travel

“Mother had the social restraint of an ambassador.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, quote from Have Space Suit—Will Travel

“More depended on the student than on the school.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, quote from Have Space Suit—Will Travel

“Everybody else specializes. Daddy knows everything, and he puts the pieces together.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, quote from Have Space Suit—Will Travel

“The Mother Thing makes our world.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, quote from Have Space Suit—Will Travel

“You can't believe what a lovely planet we have until you see her from outside.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, quote from Have Space Suit—Will Travel

“Library science was the foundation of all sciences.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, quote from Have Space Suit—Will Travel

“Dress yourself in heavy fishing waders, put on an overcoat and boxing gloves and a bucket over your head, then have somebody strap two sacks of cement across your shoulders and you will know what a space suit feels like under one gravity.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, quote from Have Space Suit—Will Travel

“Find out what you want to do, then do it. Never talk yourself into doing something you don’t want. Think”
― Robert A. Heinlein, quote from Have Space Suit—Will Travel

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