Quotes by Robert A. Heinlein

Robert A. Heinlein

Robert A. Heinlein

American science fiction writer

Lived from: 1907 - 1988

Category: Writers (Contemporary) Country: FlagUnited States

Born: 7 july 1907 Died: 8 may 1988

  • 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.
  • The difference between science and the fuzzy subjects is that science requires reasoning while those other subjects merely require scholarship.
  • 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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  • A generation which ignores history has no past and no future.
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  • A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a symptom of neurotic insecurity.
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  • Always listen to experts. They'll tell you what can't be done and why. Then do it.
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  • Belief gets in the way of learning.
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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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  • Don't handicap your children by making their lives easy.
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  • Everything is theoretically impossible, until it is done.
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  • Human beings hardly ever learn from the experience of others. They learn; when they do, which isn't often, on their own, the hard way.
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  • I don't see how an article of clothing can be indecent. A person, yes.
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  • Learning isn't a means to an end; it is an end in itself.
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  • Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.
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  • Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.
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  • No matter where or what, there are makers, takers, and fakers.
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  • No statement should be believed because it is made by an authority.
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  • 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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  • Sex without love is merely healthy exercise.
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  • The difference between science and the fuzzy subjects is that science requires reasoning while those other subjects merely require scholarship.
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  • Theology is never any help; it is searching in a dark cellar at midnight for a black cat that isn't there. Theologians can persuade themselves of anything.
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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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  • When any government, or church for that matter, undertakes to say to it's 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 motive.
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What are the most famous quotes from Robert A. Heinlein?

The two most famous quotes from Robert A. Heinlein are:

  • "A generation which ignores history has no past and no future."
  • "A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a symptom of neurotic insecurity."

When did Robert A. Heinlein live?

Robert A. Heinlein was born in 1907 and died in the year 1988.