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
knowledge thinking experts
Expertise in one field does not carry over into other fields. But experts often think so. The narrower their field of knowledge the more likely they are to think so.
hate men judging
A critic is a man who creates nothing and thereby feels qualified to judge the work of creative men. There is logic in this; he is unbiased, he hates all creative people equally.
lying men self
Reason is poor propaganda when opposed by the yammering, unceasing lies of shrewd and evil and self-serving men.
hard-work thinking play
Being privileged to work hard for long hours at something you think is worth doing is the best kind of play.
leader democracy faults
Democracy's worst fault is that its leaders are likely to reflect the faults and virtues of their constituents.
want existential accepting
Figure out for yourself what you want to be really good at, know that you'll never really satisfy yourself that you've made it, and accept that that's okay.
clear-goals excellence loyal
In the absence of clearly-defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily trivia until ultimately we become enslaved by it.
love life positive
Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.
athlete thinking media
[T]here seems to have been an actual decline in rational thinking. The United States had become a place where entertainers and professional athletes were mistaken for people of importance. They were idolized and treated as leaders; their opinions were sought on everything and they took themselves just as seriously-after all, if an athlete is paid a million or more a year, he knows he is important ... so his opinions of foreign affairs and domestic policies must be important, too, even though he proves himself to be ignorant and subliterate every time he opens his mouth.
men soul tests
God created men to test the souls of women.
way be-kind vote
Between being 'right' and being kind, I know which way I vote.
weapons ears remember
Remember though, your best weapon is between your ears and under your scalp -provided it's loaded.
want
Women talk when they want to. Or don't.
blood liberty unalienable-rights
Liberty is never unalienable, it must be redeemed regularly with the blood of patriots or it always vanishes.