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
latin saws seems
I came, I saw, she conquered." The original Latin seems to have been garbled.
nice religion citing
The nice thing about citing god as an authority is that you can prove anything you set out to prove.
eight race government
Democracy is a poor system of government at best; the only thing that can honestly be said in its favor is that it is eight times as good as any other method the human race has ever tried.
wisdom peace freedom
You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once.
religion priests function
Whores perform the same function as priests, but far more thoroughly.
fighting ifs has-beens
But, if there ever was a time in history when "peace" meant that there was no fighting going on, I have been unable to find out about it.
pain things-in-life agony
Nothing of value is free. Even the breath of life is purchased at birth only through gasping effort and pain... The best things in life are beyond money; their price is agony and sweat and devotion... and the price demanded for the most precious of all things in life is life itself--ultimate cost for perfect value
two mind important
There are two ways of forming an opinion. One is the scientific method; the other, the scholastic. To the scientific mind, experimental proof is all-important, and theory is merely a convenience in description, to be junked when it no longer fits. To the academic mind, authority is everything, and facts are junked when they do not fit theory.
thinking survival tag
What we think of as 'Physical beauty' is almost certainly a tag for a complex of useful survival characteristics. Smartness intelligence among them.
farewell childhood authority
No statement should be believed because it is made by an authority.
enemy rooms ifs
If possible, leave room for your enemy to become your friend.
talking prove-it prove
If you've got the truth you can demonstrate it. Talking doesn't prove it.
running children men
Our behavior is different. How often have you seen a headline like this?--TWO DIE ATTEMPTING RESCUE OF DROWNING CHILD. If a man gets lost in the mountains, hundreds will search and often two or three searchers are killed. But the next time somebody gets lost just as many volunteers turn out. Poor arithmetic, but very human. It runs through all our folklore, all human religions, all our literature--a racial conviction that when one human needs rescue, others should not count the price.
fighting judgement trying
If a grasshopper tries to fight a lawnmower, one may admire his courage but not his judgement.