Robert A. Heinlein citations célèbres
Robert A. Heinlein: Citations en anglais
“If you would know a man, observe how he treats a cat.”
Source: The Door Into Summer (1957), Chapter 1
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?””
Source: Beyond This Horizon (1948; originally serialized in 1942), Chapter 4, “Boy meets Girl”, p. 48
Source: Red Planet (1949), Chapter 10, “We’re Boxed In!”, p. 145
“I was too busy to oblige them by dying just now.”
If This Goes On— (p. 412)
Short fiction, The Past Through Tomorrow (1967)
Source: Sixth Column (1949; originally serialized in 1941), Chapter 10 (p. 129)
Source: The Number of the Beast (1980), Chapter XI : “—citizens must protect themselves.”, p. 98
Source: Starman Jones (1953), Chapter 19, “A Friend in Need” (p. 210)
"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)
Source: Sixth Column (1949; originally serialized in 1941), Chapter 5 (p. 57)
“Sic transit gloria mundi—Tuesday is usually worse.”
Source: Starman Jones (1953), Chapter 12, “Halcyon” (p. 135)
Source: Farmer in the Sky (1950), Chapter 12, “Bees and Zeroes” (p. 125)
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.”
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.”
Source: Red Planet (1949), Chapter 9, “Politics”, p. 133
“Don’t worry about it. There is less here than meets the eye.”
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)
Source: Rocket Ship Galileo (1947), Chapter 10, “The Method of Science”, p. 105
“Sex is rearing its interesting head.”
Source: Sixth Column (1949; originally serialized in 1941), Chapter 7 (p. 83)
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.”
Source: The Number of the Beast (1980), Chapter XLVII : “There are no tomorrows.”, p. 464
Source: Beyond This Horizon (1948; originally serialized in 1942), Chapter 10, “—the only game in town”, p. 104
Source: The Cat Who Walks Through Walls (1985), p. 564
“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.”
Source: Starman Jones (1953), Chapter 11, “Through the Cargo Hatch” (p. 111)
“The Meek Shall Inherit the Earth, One Meter Wide and Two Meters Long.”
Source: The Number of the Beast (1980), Chapter XLVIII : L’Envoi or Rev. XXII: 13, p. 508
