When a place gets crowded enough to require ID's, social collapse is not far away. It is time to go elsewhere. The best thing about space travel is that it made it possible to go elsewhere.
- Robert Anson Heinlein
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Robert Anson Heinlein was born at Butler, Missouri on this day in 1907. One of the "Big Three" authors of science fiction (along with Asimov and Clarke), his stories offered vivid characters who consistently were independent in both thought and action. He used his stories to comment on politics,…
To get anywhere, or even to live a long time, a man has to guess, and guess right, over and over again, without enough data for a logical answer.
- Robert Anson Heinlein
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$100 invested at 7% interest for 100 years will become $100,000, at which time it will be worth absolutely nothing.
- Robert Anson Heinlein
I've been saying for a few years now that I'm ready to head to the moon and start over. Throw rocks at them!