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
data guess logical man
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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Logic is a feeble reed, friend.
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His was not a small mind bothered by logic and consistency.
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Analogy is even slipperier than logic.
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Since when was an emotional argument won by logic?
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You can sway a thousand men by appealing to their prejudices quicker than you can convince one man by logic.
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I've found out why people laugh. They laugh because it hurts... because it's the only thing that'll make it stop hurting.
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Women and Cats will do as they please. Men and dogs had better get used to it.
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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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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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What a wonderful world it is that has girls in it! Notebooks of Lazarus Long, Robert A