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
firsts permit receipts
Drop dead-but first get permit
luxury firsts budgets
Budget the luxuries first.
firsts waking crime
Waking a person unnecessarily should not be considered a capital crime. For a first offense, that is.
firsts chance obituary
I scrolled on down to the obituaries. I usually read the obituaries first as there is always the happy chance that one of them will make my day.
lines pay firsts
Do this. Don't do that. Stay back in line. Where's tax receipt? Fill out form. Let's see license. Submit six copies. Exit only. No left turn. No right turn. Queue up and pay fine. Take back and get stamped. Drop dead— but first get permit.
luxury ingredients firsts
Another ingredient in a happy marriage: Budget the luxuries first!
ideas firsts delusion
How can I possibly put a new idea into your heads, if I do not first remove your delusions?
atheist firsts principles
The first principle of freedom is the right to go to hell in your own handbasket.
dull fact fantasy matter strange
To be matter of fact about the world is to blunder into fantasy -- and dull fantasy at that, as the real world is strange and wonderful.
authority highest history reverse science solemn until
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.
girls notebooks robert wonderful
What a wonderful world it is that has girls in it! Notebooks of Lazarus Long, Robert A
cats dogs women
Women and Cats will do as they please. Men and dogs had better get used to it.
running should-have safety
At least once every human should have to run for his life, to teach him that milk does not come from supermarkets, that safety does not come from policemen, that 'news' is not something that happens to other people. He might learn how his ancestors lived and that he himself is no different--in the crunch his life depends on his agility, alertness, and personal resourcefulness.
men months
Once a month, some women act like men act all the time.