Robert A. Heinlein citations célèbres
Robert A. Heinlein: Citations en anglais
Robert A. Heinlein livre The Rolling Stones
Source: The Rolling Stones (1952), Chapter 4, “Aspects of Domestic Engineering” (p. 61)
“If you would know a man, observe how he treats a cat.”
Source: The Door Into Summer (1957), Chapter 1
Robert A. Heinlein livre Sixth Column
Source: Sixth Column (1949; originally serialized in 1941), Chapter 5 (p. 62)
““Can I trust you, my friend?”
“If you can’t, then what is my assurance worth?””
Robert A. Heinlein livre Beyond This Horizon
Source: Beyond This Horizon (1948; originally serialized in 1942), Chapter 4, “Boy meets Girl”, p. 48
Robert A. Heinlein livre Red Planet
Source: Red Planet (1949), Chapter 10, “We’re Boxed In!”, p. 145
“I was too busy to oblige them by dying just now.”
Robert A. Heinlein livre If This Goes On
If This Goes On— (p. 412)
Short fiction, The Past Through Tomorrow (1967)
Robert A. Heinlein livre Friday
Source: Friday (1983), Ch. XXI, p. 214
Robert A. Heinlein livre Sixth Column
Source: Sixth Column (1949; originally serialized in 1941), Chapter 10 (p. 129)
Robert A. Heinlein Job: A Comedy of Justice
Job: A Comedy of Justice (1984)
Robert A. Heinlein livre The Number of the Beast
Source: The Number of the Beast (1980), Chapter XI : “—citizens must protect themselves.”, p. 98
Robert A. Heinlein livre Starman Jones
Source: Starman Jones (1953), Chapter 19, “A Friend in Need” (p. 210)
Robert A. Heinlein livre Stranger in a Strange Land
"Jubal Harshaw" in the first edition (1961); this is another line not in the "Uncut" edition of 1991 based on his original manuscripts, because this was one of the lines that Heinlein added, rather than trimmed down, during the editing process of the first edition.
Stranger in a Strange Land (1961; 1991)
Robert A. Heinlein livre Sixth Column
Source: Sixth Column (1949; originally serialized in 1941), Chapter 5 (p. 57)
“Sic transit gloria mundi—Tuesday is usually worse.”
Robert A. Heinlein livre Starman Jones
Source: Starman Jones (1953), Chapter 12, “Halcyon” (p. 135)
Robert A. Heinlein livre Farmer in the Sky
Source: Farmer in the Sky (1950), Chapter 12, “Bees and Zeroes” (p. 125)
Robert A. Heinlein livre Between Planets
Source: Between Planets (1951), Chapter 4, “The Glory Road” (p. 45)
“If you’re going to be businessmen, don’t confuse the vocation with larceny.”
Robert A. Heinlein livre The Rolling Stones
Source: The Rolling Stones (1952), Chapter 4, “Aspects of Domestic Engineering” (p. 61)
“He’ll pay no mind to me anyhow,” MacRae answered. “That’s the healthy thing about kids.”
Robert A. Heinlein livre Red Planet
Source: Red Planet (1949), Chapter 9, “Politics”, p. 133
“Don’t worry about it. There is less here than meets the eye.”
Robert A. Heinlein livre The Number of the Beast
Source: The Number of the Beast (1980), Chapter XLVIII : L’Envoi or Rev. XXII: 13, p. 497
“Methuselah’s Children” Part 2, Chapter 8, p. 667; closing words
Short fiction, The Past Through Tomorrow (1967)
Robert A. Heinlein livre Rocket Ship Galileo
Source: Rocket Ship Galileo (1947), Chapter 10, “The Method of Science”, p. 105
“Sex is rearing its interesting head.”
Robert A. Heinlein livre Sixth Column
Source: Sixth Column (1949; originally serialized in 1941), Chapter 7 (p. 83)
Robert A. Heinlein livre Beyond This Horizon
Source: Beyond This Horizon (1948; originally serialized in 1942), Chapter 2, “Rich Man, Poor Man, Beggar Man, Thief—”, p. 35; see also pages 31, 33
“Here is the wisdom of the ages: Men rule but women decide.”
Robert A. Heinlein livre The Number of the Beast
Source: The Number of the Beast (1980), Chapter XLVII : “There are no tomorrows.”, p. 464
Robert A. Heinlein livre Beyond This Horizon
Source: Beyond This Horizon (1948; originally serialized in 1942), Chapter 10, “—the only game in town”, p. 104
Robert A. Heinlein livre The Cat Who Walks Through Walls
Source: The Cat Who Walks Through Walls (1985), p. 564
Robert A. Heinlein livre The Puppet Masters
Source: The Puppet Masters (1951), Chapter 28 (p. 149)
Robert A. Heinlein livre The Number of the Beast
“Well...aside from protection—yes.”
Source: The Number of the Beast (1980), Chapter XLVI : “I’m gifted with second sight.”, p. 456
“A distance “as the crow flies” is significant only to crows.”
Robert A. Heinlein livre Starman Jones
Source: Starman Jones (1953), Chapter 11, “Through the Cargo Hatch” (p. 111)
