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
comeback insult accidents
Never insult anyone by accident.
mistress libertarian limits
The power to tax, once conceded, has no limits; it continues until it destroys.
travel space far-away
When a place gets crowded enough to require ID's, social collapse is not far away. It is time to go elsewhere. The best thing about space travel is that it made it possible to go elsewhere.
political secrecy tyranny
Secrecy begets tyranny.
real history world
To be matter-of-fact about the world is to blunder into fantasy - and dull fantasy at that, as the real world is strange and wonderful.
time valentine stranger-in-a-strange-land
Once upon a time there was a Martian named Valentine Michael Smith.
art fighting hands
Unarmed hand-to-hand fighting does not change through the ages; only the name changes, and it has only one rule: do it first, do it fast, do it dirtiest.
understanding ignorant boots
The 3-legged stool of understanding is held up by history, languages, and mathematics. Equipped with those three you can learn anything you want to learn. But if you lack any one of them you are just another ignorant peasant with dung on your boots.
men engineering usa
One man's 'magic' is another man's engineering. 'Supernatural' is a null word.
self groups morality
The basic of all morality is duty, a concept with the same relation to group that self-interest has to individual.
young ability cultivation
To stay young requires unceasing cultivation of the ability to unlearn old falsehoods.
fighting sides artillery
As it says in Bible, God fights on side of heaviest artillery.
long lazarus ifs
If a thing's worth doing, it's worth overdoing. (Lazarus Long)
badass luck preparation
There is no such thing as luck; there is only adequate or inadequate preparation to cope with a statistical universe.