# Quote — Robert A. Heinlein, The Door into Summer

> Paymasters come in only two sizes: one sort shows you where the book says that you can’t have what you've got coming to you; the second sort digs through the book until he finds a paragraph that lets you have what you need even if you don’t rate it.

- Author: [Robert A. Heinlein](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-a-heinlein.md)
- Book: [The Door into Summer](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-a-heinlein/the-door-into-summer.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-a-heinlein/the-door-into-summer/paymasters-come-in-only

## More from this book

> “Er, will your grandmother tell that fib for you?”
>
> “I guess so. Yes, I'm sure she will. She says people have to tell little white fibs or else people couldn’t stand each other. But she says fibs were meant to be used, not abused.”
>
> “She sounds like a sensible person.”

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> I had taken a partner once before—but, damnation, no matter how many times you get your fingers burned, you have to trust people. Otherwise you are a hermit in a cave, sleeping with one eye open.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-a-heinlein/the-door-into-summer/i-had-taken.md)

> My old man claimed that the more complicated the law the more opportunity for scoundrels.

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