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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We have our hands, we have our brains, we have the challenge all around us, and we have within (from whatever source) the will to strive. That is enough; there is no need to assert 'belief' in that which we do not, as yet, know.
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A committee is a life form with six or more legs and no brain.
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The Ten Commandments are for lame brains. The first five are solely for the benefit of the priests and the powers that be; the second five are half truths, neither complete nor adequate.
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A committee is the only known form of life with a hundred bellies and no brain.
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Some people insist that 'mediocre' is better than 'best.' They delight in clipping wings because they themselves can't fly. They despise brains because they have none.
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Another ingredient in a happy marriage: Budget the luxuries first! Notebooks of Lazarus Long, Robert A
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Elephants aren't human but they are very nice people.
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Everything is theoretically impossible, until it is done. One could write a history of science in reverse by assembling the solemn pronouncements of highest authority about what could not be done and could never happen.
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Do steers sign treaties with meat packers? Robert A
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Don't ever become a pessimist, Ira; a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has more fun--and neither can stop the march of events.
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To get anywhere, or even live a long time, a man has to guess, and guess right, over and over again, without enough data for a logical answer.
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But goodness alone is never enough. A hard cold wisdom is required, too, for goodness to accomplish good. Goodness without wisdom invariably accomplishes evil.
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Never try to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and it annoys the pig.
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Love is the condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.