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I Will Fear No Evil I Will Fear No Evil by Robert A. Heinlein
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“(Twin honey, how long is it going to take you to learn that being ‘right’ has nothing to do with getting along with a man? Men aren’t logical, their minds don’t work that way. But it’s ‘the only game in town,’ so when a man is wrong and you are right, it’s time to apologize. Tell him you’re sorry—and mean it.”
Robert A. Heinlein, I Will Fear No Evil
“Seems a funny way to run things. But of course I’ve never paid taxes.” “You just think you haven’t. You started the day you were born. We may eliminate death someday but I doubt if we’ll ever eliminate taxes.”
Robert A. Heinlein, I Will Fear No Evil
“You’re spoiled.” “I intend to be. Jake, much of what is wrong with this world would be righted if the customer screamed every time he feels cheated.”
Robert A. Heinlein, I Will Fear No Evil
“To paraphrase Sherlock Holmes; when you have eliminated what you can’t do, what remains is what you must do.”
Robert A. Heinlein, I Will Fear No Evil
“A multimillionaire who is young and female stands as much chance of getting a good husband as that well-known tissue-paper dog had of chasing that asbestos cat through Hell.”
Robert A. Heinlein, I Will Fear No Evil
“Go ahead and cry. Tears are lubricant for the soul. Males would be better off if they cried as easily as women”
Robert A. Heinlein, I Will Fear No Evil
“Whether you stay a night or a year. Yours without invitation, yours to come and go without bothering to say hello or good-bye. Although I hope it will suit you to say hello to me frequently.”
Robert A. Heinlein, I Will Fear No Evil
“Not a durned dime! Shut up, child, and let me phone.”
Robert A. Heinlein, I Will Fear No Evil
“(Boss, I keep telling you: it’s impossible for a woman to lay it on too thick with a man. If you tell a man he’s eight feet tall and say it often enough, with your eyes wide and a throb in your voice, he’ll start stooping to go through seven-foot doors.) Jake”
Robert A. Heinlein, I Will Fear No Evil
“we can’t have the public thinking we don’t give a hoot.” Jake Salomon added, “Especially when we don’t.”
Robert A. Heinlein, I Will Fear No Evil