As a diehard Heinlein fan, I couldn't remember the quote. I did find this:
Kurt Vonnegut Breakfast of Champions

I found hundreds of sites with the expression, but no other attributions with a location. Seems the expression is well known, but not it's source.

Pete


>>>While lots of stuff is smarter in this new VFP, I sure do miss my Right click->Beautify option when editing code.
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>>>I know its up there on the Tools menu, it's just not where I'm used to.
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>>>Would you guys consider putting it back where it belongs any time soon?
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>>Your signature says: "When in trouble or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout., Robert. A. Heinlein". Do you happen to remember in which of his novels he says this?
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>>Hilmar.
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>Its one of those books I read umpteen years ago, and I remeber it was sort of a mantra for the people in this tribe somewhere out there on some other planet.
>If there was something the did not understand, they'd form a circle and chant it. The book? Long forgotten, but the idea tickled me.