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
emotional logic argument
Since when was an emotional argument won by logic?
government contracts make-sense
The universe never did make sense; I suspect it was built on government contract.
life education children
Don't handicap your children by making their lives easy.
teaching leader following-your-own-path
It is impossible for anyone to be responsible for another person's behavior. The most you or any leader can do is to encourage each one to be responsible for himself.
latin saws seems
I came, I saw, she conquered." The original Latin seems to have been garbled.
real commodity real-value
Brainpower is the scarcest commodity and the only one of real value.
life-is-short cute-friendship asking
A friend who offers help without asking for explanations is a treasure beyond price
farewell childhood authority
No statement should be believed because it is made by an authority.
articles clothings persons
I don't see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes.
religion priests function
Whores perform the same function as priests, but far more thoroughly.
thinking people fractions
Most people can't think, most of the remainder won't think, and the small fraction who do think mostly can't do it very well.
religion splits may
God split himself into a myriad parts that he might have friends. This may not be true, but it sounds good, and is no sillier than any other theology.
loyalty fall two
The two highest achievements of the human mind are the twin concepts of "loyalty" and "duty". Whenever these twin concepts fall into disrepute, get out of there fast! You may possibly save yourself, but it is too late to save that society. It is doomed.
language said irrational
Its very variety, subtlety, and utterly irrational, idiomatic complexity makes it possible to say things in English which simply cannot be said in any other language.