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
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It seems to me that any law that is not enforced and can't be enforced weakens all other laws.
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If you disturb the patient at such times, he may break into tears or become violent. and, if you shake him, he bites.
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Once a month, some women act like men act all the time.
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Jealousy is a disease, love is a healthy condition. The immature mind often mistakes one for the other, or assumes that the greater the love, the greater the jealousy -- in fact, they're almost incompatible; one emotion hardly leaves room for the other. Both at once can produce unbearable turmoil...
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To get anywhere, or even to live a long time, a man has to guess, and guess right, over and over again, without enough data for a logical answer.
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You can sway a thousand men by appealing to their prejudices quicker than you can convince one man by logic.
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Teaching causes people to go into situations from which they cannot escape, except by thinking. Do not handicap children by making their lives easy.
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Dad claims that library science is the foundation of all sciences just as math is the key -- and we will survive or founder, depending on how well the librarians do their jobs. Librarians didn't look glamorous to me but maybe Dad had hit on a not very obvious truth.