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Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors... and miss.


Robert A. Heinlein

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Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors, and miss.
UNKNOWN Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors and miss.
LAZARUS LONG Be wary of strong drink, it can make you shoot at the tax collector...and miss.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Remember though, your best weapon is between your ears and under your scalp -provided it's loaded.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Drink is the curse of the land. It makes you fight with your neighbor.It makes you shoot at your lan...
IRISH PROVERB Drink is the curse of the land. It makes you fight with your neighbor. It makes you shoot at your la...
ANON. For every SF reader of that period, Robert A. Heinlein was also a touchstone.
WALTER JON WILLIAMS TANSTAAFL: There ain't no such thing as a free lunch.
PIERRE DOS UTT How can you make sure you never miss your target? Shoot first, and whatever you hit, call it the tar...
SIMPSONS Be yourself, be who you can be.
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA The earliest depiction of libertarian eugenics may have appeared in a science fiction novel, Robert ...
GREGORY BENFORD Those who make their living by collecting taxes cause the people to starve; when the people starve, ...
LAO TZU You can be all that you want to be.
Keep dreaming and reach out to your dreams.
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA Shoot for the moon and if you miss you will still be among the stars.
LES BROWN Shoot for the moon. If you miss, you will still be among the stars.
LULU MARES Success is far more perilous than failure, isn’t it? You’ve got to be doubly strong and watchful...
NOëL COWARD For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same...
JESUS CHRIST Can you make a mistake and miss your fate?
SARAH JESSICA PARKER Aim high. You may still miss the target, but at least you won't shoot your foot off.
LOIS MCMASTER BUJOLD Going into a shoot, we'll plan for shooting extra stuff. Even at the shoot, you'll notice your talen...
JEFF BENJAMIN Do not be afraid of failure, it is part of the learning process
SOTONYE ANGA You can make a lot of money by doing tobacco tax evasion.
DONNA MADDUX You can lead a horse to water and you can even make it drink, but you can't make actresses wear ...
EDITH HEAD If you don't drink, smoke, or drive a car, you're a tax evader.
THOMAS S. FOLEY Be wary, be wary, of the prosecutor who feels it necessary to deceive the court,
CHARLES RUFF Be all that you can be.
You can be great.
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA Be wary and be mindful, ... Let's make sure that every individual citizen who sees something suspici...
TOM RIDGE Be wary of liars. For, a liar can be your worst kind of thief. They can steal your hopes and dreams....
JOSé N. HARRIS There were four major 20th-century science fiction writers: Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, Robert A...
ROBERT J. SAWYER The rules vary dramatically. Companies are being told they have to serve as tax collectors for these...
CAROL CAYO You do not need to be a tax expert. In fact, you can be a tax idiot.
DEB KOTTEL Anybody has to be wary of airline stocks at a time like this.
GEORGE GREIG You know what he's good at? He can make shots, and boy he must have a strong chest.
BERNIE BICKERSTAFF Shoot for the start. But if you miss, you will destroy the moon.
EPHDAN You'll be okay. No matter what shape reality takes, you can handle it.
SHIRO AMANO Holding on to unrequited love does *not* make you strong however it *can* make you a stalker :)
STARGAZER Learn, relearn and outlearn.
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA Only you can make yourself strong. Nobody else can do it for you.
KIM PAPE Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss you will land among the stars.
LES BROWN Shoot for the moon, even if you miss you will land among the stars.
UNKNOWN How do you shoot a 150-day movie? You shoot it one day at a time.
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JOHN HOLT You have to work harder to achieve your goals
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA Failure is not the final fall.
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.
ROBERT J. HANLON There ain't no such thing as a free lunch.
PIERRE DOS UTT It will be a real defensive challenge for us because they both have a lot of offensive weapons, guys...
ANTONIO DANIELS It isn't hard to practise finishing. You can do it on your own: just take a couple of touches an...
HARRY KANE Kyle can really shoot. He doesn't do it a lot, but he can make shots.
BRAD JACKSON Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.
LES BROWN Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.
BRIAN LITTRELL Shoot for the moon - if you miss you'll end up in the stars.
ARTIE SHAW Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.
NORMAN VINCENT PEALE Bats have no bankers and they do not drink and cannot be arrested and pay no tax and, in general, ba...
JOHN BERRYMAN And they have great athletes. You always have to be wary of that.
JEFF PARKER It is a fun way to introduce people to local history, educate collectors and inspire 'wannabe' colle...
MARGE EDWARDS If you can shoot one of these weapons well, then you can shoot a modern one very well. It requires a...
LARRY BABITS It's not bad if you can make an extra $100 a day tax free.
RONNIE ARNOLD One of the big breakthroughs, I think for me, was reading Robert A. Heinlein's four rules of wri...
GEORGE R. R. MARTIN Life can make a person weary and wary, and the body and soul become fatigued. Unalleviated tedium ex...
KILROY J. OLDSTER I miss the smell of him. I miss his lips and his strong arms. I miss him.
KIMBERLY DERTING Drop down someone else's shoe and run to take your own quickly. Don't hire your own to anybody, else...
ISRAELMORE AYIVOR Liston is like most big bullies, if you can stay away and make him miss for a few rounds he'll get f...
ROCKY MARCIANO Take a chance of your life, you're risking nothing in this planet.
NAZIM AMBALATH A clear passion, a resolute determination, a can-do spirit; these are the rods for creating a great ...
ISRAELMORE AYIVOR I never said to be like me, I say be yourself and make a difference.
MARILYN MANSON Most of the miss was related to the tax impact.
GEORGE REYES They can hit you from so many directions and every on the floor can shoot and that makes it hard to ...
KRAIG CLIFTON They're still huge. They're big, strong, athletic. They can make you be a little bit off.
BETH DUNKENBERGER Artists need a lot of collectors, all kinds of collectors, buying their art.
CHARLES SAATCHI Be wary of what you do with the attention social media gives you
BERNARD KELVIN CLIVE You must make an accurate estimate of any tax due and pay at least 90 percent when you request an ex...
GLORIA WAJCIECHOWSKI Women should be obscene and not heard.
PAUL MEREDITH POTTER Don't aim at success - the more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss i...
VIKTOR FRANKL Shoot for the stars, at least if you don't reach it, you can land in the heavens.
CARLOS WATSON There's the 'right way' and the 'usual way'.
Folks tend to confuse both.
The right way i...
UFUOMA APOKI If you can dream it, you can do it.
ENZO FERRARI We encourage him to shoot. We know he can make it.
JARRID FAMOUS Voters are looking for credibility and are wary of polish. At the end of the day, it doesn't rea...
MARK MCKINNON If you got a fat severance check at the end of the year, take a look and make sure you are in the sa...
DAVID R. BERGMANN What kind of a monster do you have to be to shoot at kids? Whether it's to scare them or not, to sho...
ELLONIA BICKERS 6 Ways To Give Your Mind A Break:

1. Stop stressing
2. Stop worrying
3. Give re...
GERMANY KENT Be so strong that no one can ignore you.
DEBASISH MRIDHA One day, you muster the courage and let go of the fear. In a brief moment of insanity, you give wing...
K.J. KILTON Miss New Hampshire can never have a bad day. You get recognized at the gas station, at the mall. You...
AUDRA PAQUETTE Be strong and courageous to take risks.
Without trying and taking risks, you will miss great op...
LAILAH GIFTYAKITA She can shoot the three, she's strong inside and she likes to drive from the elbow.
BREANNE WATSON Sophronia felt bound to object. "I, for one, should prefer not to shoot at someone I like."
"Ad...
GAIL CARRIGER At a certain point, you can't tax people beyond a certain level.
MEREDITH WHITNEY Life depends on you and your choices. The real value of your life largely depends on what you do wit...
ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH To change yourself you have to move from where you are and take a step, then you have to be willing ...
BRENT M. JONES Always shoot for the stars, sure you will miss sometimes but you are always bound to hit something.
KAILESH MISTRY sing the song and let people do the interpretation. It is your duty to sing the unsung songs and it ...
ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Let's have a beer together, you can open it and I will drink it.
ANONYMOUS Love the sport, love to shoot. We don't miss a single one.
RANDY BUTLER You can still be strong and be feminine.
SHANNON TWEED You can have anything you want in life, you must be willing to conquer the challenge.
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA Be wary of life,for fearful death is residing inside it.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Where you can make up ground is if the wind blows and your opponents make big numbers. I think you c...
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ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Take big bites. Anything worth doing is worth overdoing.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Animals can be driven crazy by placing too many in too small a pen. Homo sapiens is the only animal ...
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Cheops' Law: Nothing ever gets built on schedule or within budget.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Certainly the game is rigged. Don't let that stop you; if you don't bet you can't win.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN I came, I saw, she conquered."
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ROBERT A. HEINLEIN If you are part of a society that votes, then do so. There may be no candidates and no measures you ...
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Live and learn, or you don't live long.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Be wary of strong drink, it can make you shoot at the tax collector...and miss.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN A generation which ignores history has no past — and no future.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Delusions are often functional. A mother's opinions about her children's beauty, intelligence, goodn...
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Always listen to experts. They'll tell you what can't be done, and why. Then do it.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN There is no such thing as "Just a cat.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Customs tell a man who he is, where he belongs, what he must do. Better illogical customs than none;...
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Find out what you want to do, then do it. Never talk yourself into doing something you don’t want....
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Television leaves no external scars.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Some people insist that ‘mediocre’ is better than ‘best.’ They delight in clipping wings bec...
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Dress yourself in heavy fishing waders, put on an overcoat and boxing gloves and a bucket over your ...
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Library science was the foundation of all sciences.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN You can't believe what a lovely planet we have until you see her from outside.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN The Mother Thing makes our world.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Everybody else specializes. Daddy knows everything, and he puts the pieces together.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN More depended on the student than on the school.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Mother had the social restraint of an ambassador.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN I needed a space suit the way a pig needs a pipe organ.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN Daddy says that, in a dilemma, it is helpful to change any variable, then reexamine the problem.
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