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
annoys pig teach time
Never try to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and it annoys the pig.
beings experience hard hardly human learn
Human beings hardly ever learn from the experience of others. They learn; when they do, which isn't often, on their own, the hard way.
elephants human nice
Elephants aren't human but they are very nice people.
false gaining hardest sweeping
The hardest part of gaining any new idea is sweeping out the false ideaoccupying that niche.
budget fun happy ingredient luxuries notebooks robert
Another ingredient in a happy marriage: Budget the luxuries first! Notebooks of Lazarus Long, Robert A
invasion diapers able
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, (cont. Specialization is for insects.
psychological faster contracts
Marriage is a psychological condition, not a civil contract and a license. Once a marriage is dead, it is dead, and it begins to stink faster than a dead fish.
nursing breastfeeding doe
Nursing does not diminish the beauty of a woman's breasts; it enhances their charm by making them look lived in and happy.
mature masters equal
In a mature society, 'civil servant' is semantically equal to 'civil master.'
old-friends way doe
Death is an old friend; I know him well. I lived with him, ate with him, slept with him; to meet him again does not frighten me death is as necessary as birth, as happy in its own way.
unbearable knows
When I don’t understand, I have an unbearable itch to know why.
corporations individual clock
Neither individuals nor corporations have any right to come into court and ask that the clock of history be stopped, or turned back.
sight giving perspective
Age does not bring wisdom... but it does give perspective... and the saddest sight of all is to see, far behind you, temptations you've resisted.
trust skeptical
You can go wrong by being too skeptical as readily as by being too trusting.