Robert Anson Heinlein, 1907 - 1988
Worldcon/Midmericon at Kansas City, Missouri (1976)
Born: 7 July 1907, Butler, Missouri
Died: 8 May 1988, Carmel, California
One of the "Big Three" authors of science fiction (along with Asimov and Clarke), Heinlein's stories offered vivid characters who consistently were independent in both thought and action. He used his stories to comment on politics, religion, and sexuality, and described the waterbed so clearly that when it was actually invented it was impossible to patent it. I've spent many delightful hours in his worlds. Here are a few quotes from the grand master.
Biography from Wikipedia and The Heinlein Society
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Robert A. Heinlein quotes:
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- $100 invested at 7% interest for 100 years will become $100,000, at which time it will be worth absolutely nothing. permalink
Robert A. Heinlein - Time Enough for Love (1973) - A brute kills for pleasure. A fool kills from hate. permalink
Robert A. Heinlein - Time Enough for Love (1973) - A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a symptom of neurotic insecurity. permalink
Robert A. Heinlein - Time Enough for Love (1973) - A fake fortuneteller can be tolerated. But an authentic soothsayer should be shot on sight. Cassandra did not get half the kicking around she deserved. permalink
Robert A. Heinlein - Time Enough for Love (1973) - A generation which ignores history has no past — and no future. permalink
Robert A. Heinlein - Time Enough for Love (1973) - A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects. permalink
Robert A. Heinlein - Time Enough for Love (1973) - A long and wicked life followed by five minutes of perfect grace gets you into Heaven. An equally long life of decent living and good works followed by one outburst of taking the name of the Lord in vain - then have a heart attack at that moment and be damned for eternity. Is that the system? permalink
Robert A. Heinlein - A poet who reads his verse in public may have other nasty habits. permalink
Robert A. Heinlein - Time Enough for Love (1973) - A society that gets rid of all its troublemakers goes downhill. permalink
Robert A. Heinlein - Time Enough for Love (1973) - A woman is not property, and husbands who think otherwise are living in a dreamworld. permalink
Robert A. Heinlein - Time Enough for Love (1973) - A zygote is a gamete's way of producing more gametes. This may be the purpose of the universe. permalink
Robert A. Heinlein - Time Enough for Love (1973) - Age is not an accomplishment, and youth is not a sin. permalink
Robert A. Heinlein - Methuselah's Children (1958) - Always listen to experts. They'll tell you what can't be done and why. Then do it. permalink
Robert A. Heinlein - Time Enough for Love (1973) - An armed society is a polite society. permalink
Robert A. Heinlein - Beyond This Horizon (1942) - An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life. permalink
Robert A. Heinlein - Beyond This Horizon (1942)
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