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Facts about Robert A. Heinlein

Occup.Writer
FromUSA
BornJuly 7, 1907
DiedMay 8, 1988
Aged80 years

Summary

Robert A. Heinlein was a famous Writer from USA, who lived between July 7, 1907 and May 8, 1988. He/she became 80 years old.

Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac cancer, who is known for Emotion, Diplomatic, Intensity, Impulsive, Selective. Our collection contains 36 quotes who is written / told by Robert, under the main topics: Power - Society.

Related authors: George Alec Effinger (Author)

36 Famous quotes by Robert A. Heinlein

Small: I never learned from a man who agreed with me
"I never learned from a man who agreed with me"
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Small: Everything is theoretically impossible, until it is done
"Everything is theoretically impossible, until it is done"
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Small: Anyone who considers protocol unimportant has never dealt with a cat
"Anyone who considers protocol unimportant has never dealt with a cat"
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Small: An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his l
"An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life"
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Small: A society that gets rid of all its troublemakers goes downhill
"A society that gets rid of all its troublemakers goes downhill"
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Small: A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a sy
"A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a symptom of neurotic insecurity"
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Small: Dont handicap your children by making their lives easy
"Don't handicap your children by making their lives easy"
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Small: Dont ever become a pessimist... a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but an optimist has mo
"Don't ever become a pessimist... 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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Small: By cultivating the beautiful we scatter the seeds of heavenly flowers, as by doing good we cultivate th
"By cultivating the beautiful we scatter the seeds of heavenly flowers, as by doing good we cultivate those that belong to humanity"
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Small: Being right too soon is socially unacceptable
"Being right too soon is socially unacceptable"
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Small: Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors... and miss
"Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors... and miss"
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Small: I dont see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes
"I don't see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes"
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Small: I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do. I am free, no matter
"I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do. I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do"
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Small: For me, politeness is a sine qua non of civilization
"For me, politeness is a sine qua non of civilization"
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Small: Yield to temptation. It may not pass your way again
"Yield to temptation. It may not pass your way again"
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Small: When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects, This you may not
"When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects, This you may not read, this you must not see, this you are forbidden to know, the end result is tyranny and oppression no matter how holy the motives"
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Small: There is no way that writers can be tamed and rendered civilized or even cured. The only solution known
"There is no way that writers can be tamed and rendered civilized or even cured. The only solution known to science is to provide the patient with an isolation room, where he can endure the acute stages in private and where food can be poked in to him with a stick"
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Small: Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of, but do it in private and wash your hands afterwa
"Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of, but do it in private and wash your hands afterwards"
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Small: They didnt want it good, they wanted it Wednesday
"They didn't want it good, they wanted it Wednesday"
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Small: You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Dont ever count on having both at once
"You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once"
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Small: The supreme irony of life is that hardly anyone gets out of it alive
"The supreme irony of life is that hardly anyone gets out of it alive"
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Small: The difference between science and the fuzzy subjects is that science requires reasoning while those ot
"The difference between science and the fuzzy subjects is that science requires reasoning while those other subjects merely require scholarship"
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Small: Sex without love is merely healthy exercise
"Sex without love is merely healthy exercise"
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Small: Political tags - such as royalist, communist, democrat, populist, fascist, liberal, conservative, and s
"Political tags - such as royalist, communist, democrat, populist, fascist, liberal, conservative, and so forth - are never basic criteria. The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire"
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Small: One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune
"One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others"
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Small: One mans theology is another mans belly laugh
"One man's theology is another man's belly laugh"
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Small: One mans magic is another mans engineering. Supernatural is a null word
"One man's "magic" is another man's engineering. "Supernatural" is a null word"
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Small: One could write a history of science in reverse by assembling the solemn pronouncements of highest auth
"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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Small: No statement should be believed because it is made by an authority
"No statement should be believed because it is made by an authority"
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Small: Never worry about theory as long as the machinery does what its supposed to do
"Never worry about theory as long as the machinery does what it's supposed to do"
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Small: Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
"Never underestimate the power of human stupidity"
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Small: Never insult anyone by accident
"Never insult anyone by accident"
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Small: May you live as long as you wish and love as long as you live
"May you live as long as you wish and love as long as you live"
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Small: Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own... Jealousy is
"Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own... Jealousy is a disease, love is a healthy condition. The immature mind often mistakes one for the other, or assumes that the greater the love, the greater the jealousy"
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Small: Its an indulgence to sit in a room and discuss your beliefs as if they were a juicy piece of gossip
"It's an indulgence to sit in a room and discuss your beliefs as if they were a juicy piece of gossip"
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Small: It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires
"It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so"
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