Robert A. Heinlein Quote

"...[A] fool cannot be protected from his folly. If you attempt to do so, you will not only arouse his animosity but also you will be attempting to deprive him of whatever benefit he is capable of deriving from experience. Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig."

by:	Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988) American writer
Source:	Time Enough for Love (New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons) 51: (1973)
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Categories:	Humor, Folly, Animosity, Education, Ignorance
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And never attempt to teach a liberal to think , it's impossible and a waste of time.  -- Jim, Austin      1
-- Ronw13, OR
“Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.”  ;-)  Love it!!  -- E Archer, NYC      1
It comes to mind with the pig analogy — it takes a good Republican to implement a failed Democrat's policy (socialistic insurance, 2nd plank of the communist manifesto, etc. for example).  -- Mike, Norwalk      2
The social being believes that the impetus for positive change can be reached in every individual. For as we observe the digitized world's elected and their rendition of  "we are the world, we are the children," we can imagine that the possibility of the lyricist dashing off, we are the universe, we are the adults, may not be as far away as we might think.  -- Fredrick William Sillik, Anytown
Well, I just want to add that a individual commented that if we didn't think that these world elected singing "We are the World," wasn't real we are automatically a hateful person. Sorry, I just don't know if the  "We are the World" world elected version is real or simulated.  I can't assume either way, I simply don't know. If its real?  Excellent.  -- Fredrick William Sillik, Anytown

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