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
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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
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Courage is the complement of fear. A man who is fearless cannot be courageous. [He is also a fool.]
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Any group is weaker than a man alone unless they are perfectly trained to work together.
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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.
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The commonest weakness of our race is our ability to rationalize our most selfish purposes.
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Aside from a cold appreciation of my own genius I felt that I was a modest man.
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Patriotism is not sentimental nonsense. Nor something dreamed up by demagogues. Patriotism is as necessary a part of man's evolutionary equipment as are his eyes, as useful to the race as eyes are to the individual.
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Every law that was ever written opened up a new way to graft.
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A family reunion is an effective form of birth control.
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Cats have no sense of humor, they have terribly inflated egos, and they are very touchy.
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Pacifism is a shifty doctrine under which a man accepts the benefits of the social group without being willing to pay; and claims a halo for his dishonesty.
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Butterflies are self propelled flowers.
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There is no worse tyranny than to force a man to pay for what he does not want merely because you think it would be good for him.
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Never pick up a stray kitten . . . unless you've already made up your mind to be owned by it.