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
believe people
People usually believe anything that they are told early and often.
cat heaven dignity
How you behave toward cats here below determines your status in Heaven.
dog needs able
When the need arises - and it does - you must be able to shoot your own dog.
democracy politics democrat
Democracy can survive anything except Democrats
community ruthless polite
A community where everyone is a ruthless murderer, with handy access to death-dealing devices, is a very polite community.
art goal victory
Revolution is an art that I pursue rather than a goal I expect to achieve. Nor is this a source of dismay; a lost cause can be as spiritually satisfying as a victory.
hero fighting winning
Heroism' often consists in keeping your head in an emergency and doing the best you can with what you have instead of panicking and being shot in the tail. People who fight this way win more battles than do intentional heroes; a glory hound often throws away the lives of his mates as well as his own.
teaching self taught
His older self had taught his younger self a language which the older self knew because the younger self, after being taught, grew up to be the older self and was, therefore, capable of teaching.
cat trying
Never try to outstubborn a cat.
loss dying matter
A dying culture invariably exhibits personal rudeness. Bad manners. Lack of consideration for others in minor matters. A loss of politeness, of gentle manners, is more significant than is a riot...
thinking humanity doe
My dear, I used to think I was serving humanity . . . and I pleasured in the thought. Then I discovered that humanity does not want to be served; on the contrary it resents any attempt to serve it. So now I do what pleases myself.
civilization atheism polite
For me, politeness is a sine qua non of civilization.
race people desire
The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire.
It's better to copulate than not.