Robert A. Heinlein citations célèbres
Robert A. Heinlein: Citations en anglais
“You can only grieve so much; after that it’s self pity.”
Source: Farmer in the Sky (1950), Chapter 18, “Pioneer Party” (p. 188)
Source: Beyond This Horizon (1948; originally serialized in 1942), Chapter 15, “Probably a blind alley—”, p. 146
Source: Rocket Ship Galileo (1947), Chapter 4, “The Blood of Pioneers”, p. 34
Source: The Door Into Summer (1957), Chapter 12
Source: Beyond This Horizon (1948; originally serialized in 1942), Chapter 14, “—and beat him when he sneezes”, p. 132
“A committee is the only known form of life with a hundred bellies and no brain.”
Methuselah's Children (1958)
“She sounds like a sensible person.”
Source: The Door Into Summer (1957), Chapter 11
Source: Beyond This Horizon (1948; originally serialized in 1942), Chapter 14, “—and beat him when he sneezes”, p. 130
Source: Between Planets (1951), Chapter 8, “Foxes Have Holes, and Birds of the Air Have Nests—” (p. 91)
“So-called instincts are instructive, Felix. They point to survival values.”
Source: Beyond This Horizon (1948; originally serialized in 1942), Chapter 7, “Burn him down at once—”, p. 76
Source: The Number of the Beast (1980), Chapter XXXI : “—the first ghosts ever to search for an obstetrician.”, p. 321
The Pragmatics of Patriotism (1973)
Contexte: Selfishness is the bedrock on which all moral behavior starts and it can be immoral only when it conflicts with a higher moral imperative. An animal so poor in spirit that he won't even fight on his own behalf is already an evolutionary dead end; the best he can do for his breed is to crawl off and die, and not pass on his defective genes.
Source: Farmer in the Sky (1950), Chapter 18, “Pioneer Party” (p. 196)
Source: The Number of the Beast (1980), Chapter XXVI : The Keys to the City, p. 249
“An invention is something that was “impossible” up to then—that’s why governments grant patents.”
Source: The Door Into Summer (1957), Chapter 6
“I am learning that we still have things to learn.”
Source: The Number of the Beast (1980), Chapter XIV : “Quit worrying and enjoy the ride.”, p. 128
“Every law that was ever written opened up a new way to graft.”
Source: Red Planet (1949), Chapter 4, “Lowell Academy”, p. 49
“If at Last You Do Succeed, Never Try Again.”
"—All You Zombies—" (1958)
“A man has to grow up in a language to be able to understand it scrambled.”
Source: Sixth Column (1949; originally serialized in 1941), Chapter 9 (p. 108)
“How long has this racket been going on?”
Remark after receiving a $70 US check for his first published story.
Grumbles from the Grave (1989)
Source: Between Planets (1951), Chapter 1, “New Mexico” (p. 9)
Robert A. Heinlein, in Stranger in a Strange Land (1961)
