Robert A. Heinlein
Robert A. Heinlein
Robert Anson Heinleinwas an American science-fiction writer. Often called the "dean of science fiction writers", he was an influential and controversial author of the genre in his time...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth7 July 1907
CountryUnited States of America
people missing meals
People who go broke in a big way never miss any meals. It is the poor jerk who is shy a half slug who must tighten his belt.
hurt eight people
There is solemn satisfaction in doing the best you can for eight billion people. Perhaps their lives have no cosmic significance, but they have feelings. They can hurt.
jobs support cost
Every Congressman, every Senator knows precisely what causes inflation... but can't, [won't] support the drastic reforms to stop it [repeal of the Federal Reserve Act] because it could cost him his job.
hurt windmills
Tilting at windmills hurts you more than the windmills.
savages degrees evolution
'Savage' describes a cultural condition, not a degree of intelligence.
war government decision
The purpose of war is to support your government's decisions by force.
athlete people united-states
The United States has become a place where entertainers and professional athletes are mistaken for people of importance.
running volunteer long
When the citizens of a nation will no longer volunteer to defend it, then it is probably not worth saving. No nation has the right to survive with conscript troops, and in the long run, no nation ever has.
two race normal
All normal human beings have soi-disant mixed-up glands. The race is divided into two parts: those who know this and those who do not.
book two size
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.
government patents impossible
An invention is something that was "impossible" up to then that's why governments grant patents.
television scar
Television leaves no external scars.
religious style gone
I am not going to talk about religious beliefs, but about matters so obvious that it has gone out of style to mention them.
men unbiased critics
A "critic" is a man who creates nothing ...