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
love anniversary long
May you live as long as you wish and love as long as you live.
gun men dangerous-man
There are no dangerous weapons; there are only dangerous men.
doubt may want
If you are part of a society that votes, then do so. There may be no candidates and no measures you want to vote for ... but there are certain to be ones you want to vote against. In case of doubt, vote against. By this rule you will rarely go wrong.
military war winning
The most expensive thing in the world is a second-best military establishment, good but not good enough to win.
thinking pay
Thinking doesn't pay. Just makes you discontented with what you see around you.
vocabulary way tongue
English is the largest of human tongues, with several times the vocabulary of the second largest language -- this alone made it inevitable that English would eventually become, as it did, the lingua franca of this planet, for it is thereby the richest and most flexible -- despite its barbaric accretions . . . or, I should say, because of its barbaric accretions. English swallows up anything that comes its way, makes English out of it.
wisdom evil goodness
Goodness without wisdom always accomplishes evil.
knowledge thinking experts
Expertise in one field does not carry over into other fields. But experts often think so. The narrower their field of knowledge the more likely they are to think so.
hate men judging
A critic is a man who creates nothing and thereby feels qualified to judge the work of creative men. There is logic in this; he is unbiased, he hates all creative people equally.
lying men self
Reason is poor propaganda when opposed by the yammering, unceasing lies of shrewd and evil and self-serving men.
hard-work thinking play
Being privileged to work hard for long hours at something you think is worth doing is the best kind of play.
want existential accepting
Figure out for yourself what you want to be really good at, know that you'll never really satisfy yourself that you've made it, and accept that that's okay.
clear-goals excellence loyal
In the absence of clearly-defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily trivia until ultimately we become enslaved by it.
love life positive
Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.