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
Robert A. Heinlein quotes about
learning long live-and-learn
Live and learn, or you don't live long.
small-changes often-is found
Small change can often be found under seat cushions.
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.
boss may judgment
Come Judgment Day, we may find that Mumbo Jumbo the God of the Congo was the Big Boss all along.
groups moral members
Under what circumstances is it moral for a group to do that which is not moral for a member of that group to do alone?
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.
insects specialization
Specialization is for insects.
mistress instinct forbidden
Seems to be a deep instinct in human beings for making everything compulsory that isn't forbidden.
socialist bloody
Ayn Rand is a bloody socialist compared to me.
sight female details
I see the beauty of Mike's attempt to devise an ideal ethic and applaud his recognition that such must start by junking the present sexual code and starting fresh. Most philosophers haven't the courage for this; they swallow the basics of the present code--monogamy, family pattern, continence, body taboos, conventional restrictions on intercourse, and so forth--then fiddle with details...even such piffle as discussing whether the female breast is an obscene sight! (p.365)
daughter men law
Daughters can spend ten percent more than a man can make in any usual occupation. That’s a law of nature, to be known henceforth as ‘Harshaw’s Law.
motivational men monkeys
The brown monkey's instinct to kill is correct; such men are dangerous to all monkey customs.
majority notebooks robert time
Was there ever a time when the majority was right? Notebooks of Lazarus Long, Robert A
data guess logical man
To get anywhere, or even live a long time, a man has to guess, and guess right, over and over again, without enough data for a logical answer.