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[Fred Shapiro]

On Thu, 26 Oct 2006, Mullins, Bill AMRDEC wrote:

> I'm trying to find the origin of:
>
> "Never attempt to teach a pig to sing;  it wastes your time and annoys
> the pig."

The Yale Book of Quotations, which has an extensive section of Heinlein
quotes, has the following:

Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the
pig.
     Robert A. Heinlein, _Time Enough for Love_ "Prelude II" (1973)

Fred Shapiro


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