Robert A. Heinlein on Success
Browse 6 quotations attributed to Robert A. Heinlein, catalogued under success, with dates where available.
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Attributed to Robert A. Heinlein, entry #36997: "I don’t believe in luck, Sam. Luck is a tag given by the mediocre to account for the accomplishments of genius."
Attributed to Robert A. Heinlein, entry #84708: "The capacity of the human mind for swallowing nonsense and spewing it forth in violent and repressive action has never yet been plumbed."
6 Quotes by Robert A. Heinlein on Success
"I don’t believe in luck, Sam. Luck is a tag given by the mediocre to account for the accomplishments of genius."
"The capacity of the human mind for swallowing nonsense and spewing it forth in violent and repressive action has never yet been plumbed."
"I think the major problem in growing up is to become sophisticated without becoming cynical."
"Fact is, you work too hard...the universe won’t run down if you don’t wind it."
"Age is not an accomplishment, and youth is not a sin."
"I venture to predict that, when we get around to reviewing their records, we will find that the rebels were almost all—all, perhaps—men who had never been outstandingly successful at anything. Their only prominence was among themselves."