Robert A. Heinlein Work Quotations

I don't trust a man who talks about ethics when he is picking my pocket. But if he is acting in his own self-interest and says so, I have usually been able to work out some way to do business with him.

Any group is weaker than a man alone unless they are perfectly trained to work together.

Always listen to experts. They'll tell you what can't be done, and why. Then do it.

Note the individual and subjective nature of each case. No two are alike and there is no reason to expect them to be. Each man or woman must find for himself or herself that occupation in which hard work and long hours make him or her happy. Contrariwise, if you are looking for shorter hours and longer vacations and early retirement, you are in the wrong job. Perhaps you need to take up bank robbing. Or geeking in a sideshow. Or even politics.

Being privileged to work hard for long hours at something you think is worth doing is the best kind of play.