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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If I don’t start having service I’m going to swap you all for a dog and shoot the dog.
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The marks won't listen if it's free.
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Never force an idea; you'll abort it if you do.
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If a thing's worth doing, it's worth overdoing. (Lazarus Long)
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But, if there ever was a time in history when "peace" meant that there was no fighting going on, I have been unable to find out about it.
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If possible, leave room for your enemy to become your friend.
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The lessons of history teach us - if the lessons of history teach us anything - that nobody learns the lessons that history teaches us.
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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.