Liz Long > Liz's Quotes

“Certainly the game is rigged. Don't let that stop you; if you don't bet you can't win.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, Time Enough for Love

“If you don't like yourself, you can't like other people. -- Lazarus Long.”
― Robert A. Heinlein

“If a thing's worth doing, it's worth overdoing. (Lazarus Long)”
― Robert Heinlein

“Any government will work if authority and responsibility are equal and coordinate. This does not insure “good” government, it simply insures that it will work. But such governments are rare — most people want to run things, but want no part of the blame. This used to be called the “backseat driver” syndrome.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, The Notebooks of Lazarus Long

“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.”
― Robert A. Heinlein

“Never try to out-stubborn a cat.”
― Robert Heinlein

“Our laws are like the software that runs our country. All the laws for a country, together, are called its legal code, just like computer software is written using code.”
― Liz Long, The Constitution: It's the OS for the US

“Try to remember that even if they deliver the wrong cake, the limo driver is a no-show, there's a monsoon, and the band plays music you hate, you will still have just married the person of your dreams!!!
Isn't that what the whole thing is really about?”
― Liz Long, The Organized Wedding