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
unbearable knows
When I don’t understand, I have an unbearable itch to know why.
education teaching learning
When one teaches, two learn.
psychology matter makers
No matter where or what, there are makers, takers, and fakers.
struggle race golden
Death is the lot of us all, and the only way that the human race has ever conquered death is by treating it with contempt. By living every golden minute as if one had all Eternity.
men thinking creating
Throughout history, poverty is the normal condition of man. Advances which permit this norm to be exceeded — here and there, now and then — are the work of an extremely small minority, frequently despised, often condemned, and almost always opposed by all right-thinking people. Whenever this tiny minority is kept from creating, or (as sometimes happens) is driven out of a society, the people then slip back into abject poverty. This is known as "bad luck.
creativity way problem
Humans hardly ever learn from the experience of others. They learn - when they do, which isn't often - on their own, the hard way.
art father home
Don't appeal to mercy to God the Father up in the sky, little man, because he's not at home and never was at home, and couldn't care less. What you do with yourself, whether you are happy or unhappy- live or die- is strictly your business and the universe doesn't care. In fact you may be the universe and the only cause of all your troubles. But, at best, the most you can hope for is comradeship with comrades no more divine (or just as divine) as you are. So quit sniveling and face up to it- 'Thou art God!'
mind unlimited ability
The mind's ability to rationalize it's own shortcomings is unlimited; I am no exception.
bullets killers strange
The killer looked up as the bullet hit him. He looked as if he were puzzled by some strange occurence, being too freshly dead to be aware of it.
girl artist lovely
A great artist can look at an old woman, portray her exactly as she is ... and force the viewer to see the pretty girl she used to be ... more than that, he can make anyone with the sensitivity of an armadillo see that this lovely young girl is still alive
courage fear men
Courage is the complement of fear. A man who is fearless cannot be courageous. [He is also a fool.]
men together working-together
Any group is weaker than a man alone unless they are perfectly trained to work together.
responsibility differences safety
The moral difference between a soldier and a civilian is that the soldier accepts personal responsibility for the safety of the body politic of which he is a member. The civilian does not.
selfish race purpose
The commonest weakness of our race is our ability to rationalize our most selfish purposes.