Robert A. Heinlein Quotes

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Robert A. Heinlein Quotes

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Robert A. Heinlein

Science Fiction Author

Philosophical

“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.”

Writing Done Authority

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Robert A. Heinlein

Science Fiction Author

Courageous

“Take care of the cojones and the frijoles will take care of themselves. Try to have getaway money - but don't be fanatic about it.”

Trying Care Cojones

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Thoughtful

“Since when was an emotional argument won by logic?”

Emotional Argument

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Philosophical

“Specialization is for insects.”

Insects Specialization

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Thoughtful

“He should have known better because, early in his learnings under his brother Mahmoud, he had discovered that long human words (the longer the better) were easy, unmistakable, and rarely changed their meanings, but short words were slippery, unpredictable changing their meanings without any pattern. Or so he seemed to grok. Short human words were never like a short Martian word - such as grok which forever meant exactly the same thing. Short human words were like trying to lift water with a knife. And this had been a very short word.”

Brother Should Have Knives

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Wise

“Anything which is physically possible can always be made financially possible; money is a bugaboo of small minds.”

Inspirational Mind Engineering

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Thoughtful

“In a dilemma, it is helpful to change any variable, then reexamine the problem.”

Problem Helpful

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Courageous

“Man can be chained, but he cannot be domesticated.”

Men Society

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Philosophical

“No storyteller has been able to dream up anything as fantastically unlikely as what really does happen in this mad Universe.”

Dream Science Mad

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Adventurous

“When a place gets crowded enough to require ID's, social collapse is not far away. It is time to go elsewhere. The best thing about space travel is that it made it possible to go elsewhere.”

Space Travel Far Away

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Determined

“Circumstances can force your hand. So think ahead!”

Thinking Hands

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Happy

“Once upon a time there was a Martian named Valentine Michael Smith.”

Time Valentine

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