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
growing-up thinking cynical
I think the major problem in growing up is to become sophisticated without becoming cynical.
running zest giving
Nothing gives life more zest that running for your life.
kissing moments stolen-kisses
When he kisses you he isn't doing anything else. You're his whole universe, and the moment is eternal because he doesn't have any plans and isn't going anywhere. Just kissing you ... it's overwhelming.
inspirational freedom mistress
I am free, no matter what rules surround me. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for every thing I do.
shapes emotion foolish
You're in bad shape when your emotions force you into acts which you know are foolish.
injustice sin cruelty
Sin is cruelty and injustice, all else is peccadillo.
liars common-sense gone
Many older physicians had gone to their graves calling Pasteur a liar, a fool, or worse---and without examining evidence which their “common sense” told them was impossible.
men together illogical
Customs tell a man who he is, where he belongs, what he must do. Better illogical customs than none; men cannot live together without them.
men wife nurse
A man who marries at my age isn't taking a wife, he's indenturing a nurse.
learning long live-and-learn
Live and learn, or you don't live long.
stupid ignorance forever
Ignorance is curable, stupid is forever.
ideas firsts delusion
How can I possibly put a new idea into your heads, if I do not first remove your delusions?
grateful smell widows
Widows are far better than brides. They don't tell, they won't yell, they don't swell, they rarely smell, and they're grateful as hell.
atheism records doe
History does not record anywhere or at any time a religion that has any rational basis.