Robert A. Heinlein citations célèbres
Robert A. Heinlein: Citations en anglais
“Women seem to have almost unlimited capacity for forgiveness.”
Since it is usually a man who needs forgiveness, this must be a racial survival trait.
Richard Ames; chapter 16, p. 200
The Cat Who Walks Through Walls (1985)
“Rod…were you born that stupid? Or did you have to study?”
Source: Tunnel in the Sky (1955), Chapter 6, “I Think He Is Dead” (p. 104)
Source: Tunnel in the Sky (1955), Chapter 2, “The Fifth Way” (p. 43)
Source: Tunnel in the Sky (1955), Chapter 2, “The Fifth Way” (p. 42)
“Fact is, you work too hard…the universe won’t run down if you don’t wind it.”
Source: The Star Beast (1954), Chapter 12, “Concerning Pidgie-Widgie” (p. 185)
“I do not like weapons, Doctor; they are the last resort of faulty diplomacy.”
Source: The Star Beast (1954), Chapter 9, “Customs and an Ugly Duckling” (p. 151)
“If you can’t outargue the other fellow, sometimes you can outlive him.”
Source: The Star Beast (1954), Chapter 6, “Space is Deep, Excellency” (p. 110)
“Funny sort of science! I guess they were pretty ignorant in those days.”
“Don’t go running down our grandfathers. If it weren’t for them, you and I would be squatting in a cave, scratching fleas. No, Bub, they were pretty sharp; they just didn’t have all the facts. We’ve got more facts, but that doesn’t make us smarter.”
A Tenderfoot in Space (p. 691)
Short fiction, Off the Main Sequence (2005)
A Tenderfoot in Space (p. 689)
Short fiction, Off the Main Sequence (2005)
The Year of the Jackpot (p. 644)
Short fiction, Off the Main Sequence (2005)
The Year of the Jackpot (p. 628)
Short fiction, Off the Main Sequence (2005)
“A totalitarian political religion is incompatible with free investigation.”
Gulf (p. 545)
Short fiction, Off the Main Sequence (2005)
Goldfish Bowl (p. 381)
Short fiction, Off the Main Sequence (2005)
“For vice has this defect; it cannot be truly intelligent. Its very motives are its weakness.”
Lost Legacy (p. 339)
Short fiction, Off the Main Sequence (2005)
Lost Legacy (p. 339)
Short fiction, Off the Main Sequence (2005)
“Cold calculated awareness that their power lay in keeping the people in ignorance.”
Lost Legacy (p. 333)
Short fiction, Off the Main Sequence (2005)
Lost Legacy (p. 301)
Short fiction, Off the Main Sequence (2005)
Lost Legacy (p. 284)
Short fiction, Off the Main Sequence (2005)
By His Bootstraps (p. 257)
Short fiction, Off the Main Sequence (2005)
By His Bootstraps (p. 238)
Short fiction, Off the Main Sequence (2005)
By His Bootstraps (p. 234)
Short fiction, Off the Main Sequence (2005)
Frost snorted. “I certainly do—if he has observed it with his own eyes and ears, or gets it from a source known to be credible. A fact doesn’t have to be understood to be true. Sure, any reasonable mind wants explanations, but it’s silly to reject facts that don’t fit your philosophy.”
Elsewhen (pp. 161-162)
Short fiction, Off the Main Sequence (2005)
“Imperialism degrades both oppressor and oppressed.”
Solution Unsatisfactory (p. 98)
Short fiction, Off the Main Sequence (2005)
Solution Unsatisfactory (p. 67)
Short fiction, Off the Main Sequence (2005)
