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
common
Sense is never common.
art
Thou art god, I am god. All that groks is god.
gratitude resentment euphemism
Gratitude is a euphemism for resentment.
mean like-love want
Sovereign," like "love," means anything you want it to mean; it's a word in dictionary between "sober" and "sozzled.
boss littles little-things
Hit it! You have to hit it harder than that. Electrons are timid little things but notional; you have to let them know who’s boss.
people type certain
Certain types of loudmouthism should be a capital offense among decent people.
intelligent organization spiders
The bugs are not like us. The Pseudo-Arachnids aren’t even like spiders. They are arthropods who happen to look like a madman’s conception of a giant intelligent spider, but their organization, psychological and economic, is more like that of ants or termites; they are communal entities, the ultimate dictatorship of the hive.
boss may judgment
Come Judgment Day, we may find that Mumbo Jumbo the God of the Congo was the Big Boss all along.
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.
strong jobs men
...more than six people cannot agree on anything, three is better and one is perfect for a job that one can do. This is why parliamentary bodies all through history, when they accomplished anything, owed it to a few strong men who dominated the rest.
writing order two
Heinlein's Rules for Writers Rule One: You Must Write Rule Two: Finish What Your Start Rule Three: You Must Refrain From Rewriting, Except to Editorial Order Rule Four: You Must Put Your Story on the Market Rule Five: You Must Keep it on the Market until it has Sold
dog ifs
If I don’t start having service I’m going to swap you all for a dog and shoot the dog.
rain leaks roof
When it don’t rain, the roof don’t leak; when it rains, I can’t fix it nohow.
mistress instinct forbidden
Seems to be a deep instinct in human beings for making everything compulsory that isn't forbidden.