Robert A. Heinlein citations célèbres
Robert A. Heinlein: Citations en anglais
Source: The Number of the Beast (1980), Chapter XLVIII : L’Envoi or Rev. XXII: 13, p. 508
“Horses can manufacture more horses and that is one trick that tractors have never learned.”
Source: Farmer in the Sky (1950), Chapter 18, “Pioneer Party” (p. 187)
Source: Between Planets (1951), Chapter 17, “To Reset the Clock” (p. 176)
Source: Between Planets (1951), Chapter 18, “Little David” (p. 182)
If This Goes On— (p. 426)
Short fiction, The Past Through Tomorrow (1967)
If This Goes On— (p. 401)
Short fiction, The Past Through Tomorrow (1967)
Source: Sixth Column (1949; originally serialized in 1941), Chapter 5 (p. 68)
Source: Farmer in the Sky (1950), Chapter 20, “Home” (pp. 218-219)
Source: Red Planet (1949), Chapter 10, “We’re Boxed In!”, p. 148
Source: The Door Into Summer (1957), Chapter 5
Source: The Number of the Beast (1980), Chapter XXIX : “—we place no faith in princes.”, p. 286
“I expect this to be my last venture in this field; 'tain't worth the grief”
Response to efforts to censor his first novel, Red Planet
Grumbles from the Grave (1989)
“The less respect an older person deserves the more certain he is to demand it from anyone younger.”
Source: Have Space Suit—Will Travel (1958), Chapter 10
“I wish they wouldn’t hold mornings so early.”
Source: The Number of the Beast (1980), Chapter XVI : “—a maiden knight, eager to break a lance—”, p. 138
Source: The Number of the Beast (1980), Chapter XLVIII : L’Envoi or Rev. XXII: 13, p. 486
“But the job needs you.”
“The need is not mutual.”
Source: Have Space Suit—Will Travel (1958), Chapter 1
“Between being ‘right’ and being kind, I know which way I vote.”
Source: I Will Fear No Evil (1970), Chapter 24, p. 400
“I’m not raising any kids to be radioactive dust.”
Source: Farmer in the Sky (1950), Chapter 18, “Pioneer Party” (p. 198)
Source: The Number of the Beast (1980), Chapter XVI : “—a maiden knight, eager to break a lance—”, p. 134
“You're in bad shape when your emotions force you into acts which you know are foolish.”
Source: Have Space Suit—Will Travel (1958), Chapter 8
The Pragmatics of Patriotism (1973)
Source: The Number of the Beast (1980), Chapter XXXVIII : “—under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid—”, p. 377
“How can you argue with a woman who won't?”
Richard Ames; chapter 19, p. 235
The Cat Who Walks Through Walls (1985)
Source: Beyond This Horizon (1948; originally serialized in 1942), Chapter 6, “We don’t speak the same lingo”, pp. 73-74
Source: Farmer in the Sky (1950), Chapter 16, “Line Up” (p. 161)
If This Goes On— (p. 432)
Short fiction, The Past Through Tomorrow (1967)
