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
art philosophical sunset
Around the time of the Terran Caesar Augustus, a Martian artist had been composing a work of art. It could have been called a poem, a musical opus, or a philosophical treatise; it was a series of emotions arranged in tragic, logical necessity. Since it could be experienced by a human only in the sense in which a man blind from birth might have a sunset explained to him, it does not matter which category it be assigned.
cat feline
There is no such thing as "Just a cat.
stupid results malice
You have attributed conditions to villainy that simply result from stupidity.
beautiful flower humanity
By cultivating the beautiful we scatter the seeds of heavenly flowers, as by doing good we cultivate those that belong to humanity.
firsts chance obituary
I scrolled on down to the obituaries. I usually read the obituaries first as there is always the happy chance that one of them will make my day.
defining nervous english-language
English is capable of defining sentiments that the human nervous system is quite incapable of experiencing.
war future animal
But does Man have any 'right' to spread through the universe? Man is what he is, a wild animal with the will to survive, and (so far) the ability, against all competition. Unless one accepts that, anything one says about morals, war, politics, you name it, is nonsense. Correct morals arise from knowing what man is, not what do-gooders and well-meaning old Aunt Nellies would like him to be. The Universe will let us know - later - whether or not Man has any "right" to expand through it.
lines pay firsts
Do this. Don't do that. Stay back in line. Where's tax receipt? Fill out form. Let's see license. Submit six copies. Exit only. No left turn. No right turn. Queue up and pay fine. Take back and get stamped. Drop dead— but first get permit.
may lions easier
It may be better to be a live jackal than a dead lion, but it is better still to be a live lion. And usually easier.
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.
technology engineering people
Most people who sneer at technology would starve to death if the engineering infrastructure were removed.
apologizing argument turns
In a family argument, if it turns out you are right, apologize at once.
fighting religion strange
Of all the strange 'crimes' that human beings have legislated out of nothing, 'blasphemy' is the most amazing -- with 'obscenity' and 'indecent exposure' fighting it out for second and third place.
people sense-of-humor honest
Nor would anybody suspect. If was one thing all people took for granted, was conviction that if you feed honest figures into a computer, honest figures come out. Never doubted it myself till I met a computer with a sense of humor.