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
men wife impossible
It is impossible for a man to love his wife whole heartedly without loving all women somewhat. I suppose that the converse must be true of women.
knows
I don't know Who is cranking; I'm pleased He doesn't stop.
small-changes often-is found
Small change can often be found under seat cushions.
fiction answers astronomy
Why don't they make more science fiction movies? The answer to any question starting, Why don't they- is almost always, Money.
men
All men are created unequal.
butterfly rainbow giving
Minimize your therbligs until it becomes automatic; this doubles your effective lifetime - and thereby gives time to enjoy butterflies and kittens and rainbows.
firsts waking crime
Waking a person unnecessarily should not be considered a capital crime. For a first offense, that is.
leadership courage son
Roman matrons used to say to their sons: 'Come back with your shield or on it.' Later on, this custom declined. So did Rome... (but not before it created an Empire that changed the world -EM).
trying care cojones
Take care of the cojones and the frijoles will take care of themselves. Try to have getaway money - but don't be fanatic about it.
country mean government
Patriotism is not 'my country right or wrong'; patriotism means loving the ideals for which America stands and having the courage to speak up when these ideals are distorted for personal or political gain. The American government was instituted to be the servant of the people, not our master.
art pay ordinary
The ordinary bloke will not voluntarily pay for "art" that leaves him unmoved--if he does pay for it, the money has to be conned out of him, by taxes and such.
rich endless acquaintance
When you're rich, you don't have friends; you just have endless acquaintances.
thinking population
There are perhaps 5% of the population that simply can't think. There are another 5% who can, and do. The remaining 90% can think, but don't
intelligent blow application
If we blow ourselves up we will do it by misapplication of science; if we manage to keep from blowing ourselves up, it will be through intelligent application of science.