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
past government sometimes
In past history popularly elected governments have been no better and sometimes far worse than overt tyrannies.
girl names cups
A girl's name ending in 'a' - that always suggests a 'C' cup.
marriage husband thinking
A woman is not property, and husbands who think otherwise are living in a dreamworld.
men slave free-man
A slave cannot be freed, save he do it himself. Nor can you enslave a free man; the very most you can do is kill him!
two heaven personality
It takes two to create a heaven, but hell can be accomplished by one.
gratitude trying degradation
Please don't invent a debt that does not exist, or next you will be trying to feel gratitude - and that is the treacherous first step toward complete moral degradation.
girl world wonderful
What a wonderful world it is that has girls in it!
book writing thinking
I'm afraid of coaching, of writer's classes, of writer's magazines, of books on how to write. They give me centipede trouble - you know the yarn about the centipede who was asked how he managed all his feet? He tried to answer, stopped to think about it, and was never able to walk another step.
wind moral-behavior leopards
Evolution is a process that never stops. Baboons who fail to exhibit moral behavior do not survive; they wind up as meat for leopards.
thinking men sentimental
Men are more sentimental than women. It blurs their thinking.
country love-you government
Love your country, but never trust its government.
fashion atheist freedom
Secrecy is the keystone to all tyranny. Not force, but secrecy and censorship. When any government or church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects, "This you may not read, this you must not know," the end result is tyranny and oppression, no matter how holy the motives. Mighty little force is needed to control a man who has been hoodwinked in this fashion; contrariwise, no amount of force can control a free man, whose mind is free. No, not the rack nor the atomic bomb, not anything. You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him.
beautiful ships female
Boats and ships are female because they are beautiful, lovable, expensive and unpredictable.
self years people
Do not confuse "duty" with what other people expect of you; they are utterly different. Duty is a debt you owe to yourself to fulfill obligations you have assumed voluntarily. Paying that debt can entail anything from years of patient work to instant willingness to die. Difficult it may be, but the reward is self-respect.