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
two race normal
All normal human beings have soi-disant mixed-up glands. The race is divided into two parts: those who know this and those who do not.
book two size
Paymasters come in only two sizes: one sort shows you where the book says that you can't have what you've got coming to you; the second sort digs through the book until he finds a paragraph that lets you have what you need even if you don't rate it.
government patents impossible
An invention is something that was "impossible" up to then that's why governments grant patents.
television scar
Television leaves no external scars.
religious style gone
I am not going to talk about religious beliefs, but about matters so obvious that it has gone out of style to mention them.
men unbiased critics
A "critic" is a man who creates nothing ...
pearls swine casts
Never cast pearls before swine.
winning lawyer lawsuit
Nobody ever wins a lawsuit but the lawyers.
law bugs privacy
The only thing privacy laws accomplish is making the bugs smaller.
knives complicated never-trust
Never trust machinery more complicated than a knife and fork.
peace war bullets
High Frontier places a bullet-proof vest on our bare chest. High Frontier is as non-aggressive as a bullet-proof vest. There is no way to kill anyone with High Frontier - all that High Frontier can do is to keep others from killing us.
education honest lawyer
It is possible that the percentage of honest and competent whores is higher than that of plumbers and much higher than that of lawyers. And enormously higher than that of professors.
dark beer stores
Always store beer in a dark place.
peace war cities
Those who refuse to support and defend the state have no claim to protection by that state. Killing an anarchist or a pacifist should not be considered "murder" in a legalistic sense. The offense against the state, if any, should be "Using deadly weapons within city limits," or "Creating a traffic hazard," or other misdemeanor.