Robert A. Heinlein cytaty

„Nie tłumaczcie komputerów laikom. Prościej wytłumaczyć seks dziewicy.”

„Istota ludzka powinna umieć zmieniać pieluszki, zaplanować inwazję, zarżnąć wieprza, sterować statkiem, zaprojektować budynek, napisać sonet, prowadzić księgę rachunkową, zbudować mur, nastawić złamanie, pocieszyć umierającego, dawać rozkazy, przyjmować rozkazy, działać w grupie, działać samemu, rozwiązywać równania, analizować nowe problemy, roztrząsać nawóz, zaprogramować komputer, ugotować smaczny posiłek, walczyć skutecznie, umrzeć bohatersko. Specjalizacja jest dla insektów.”

„Nigdy nie odwołuj się do lepszej natury człowieka – być może wcale jej nie ma. Zawsze podkreślaj, że masz na względzie jego interes.”

„Demokracja to cztery wilki i owca, głosujące o obiedzie.”

„Demokracja nie może się sprawdzić. Wszędzie są matematycy, wieśniacy i zwierzęta – tak więc demokracja, teoria oparta na założeniu, że matematycy i wieśniacy są równi, nigdy się nie sprawdza. Mądrości nie można sumować – jej maksimum mierzy się mądrością najbystrzejszego członka danej grupy.”

„Na pewno nigdy nie znajdziecie wroga w matce, jeśli w porę pochwalicie jej dziecko.”

„Pokolenie, które ignoruje historię, nie ma przeszłości – ani przyszłości.”

„Komitet to stworzenie o 3 lub więcej nogach i bez mózgu.”

„Bądź czujna, dopóki nie wiesz, którędy uciekać.”

“Life is short, but the years are long.”

“Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.”

“Stupidity cannot be cured. Stupidity is the only universal capital crime; the sentence is death. There is no appeal, and execution is carried out automatically and without pity.”

“Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.”

“A generation which ignores history has no past —and no future.”

“Love is the condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.”

“Do not handicap your children by making their lives easy.”

“Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.”

“Sin lies only in hurting other people unnecessarily. All other "sins" are invented nonsense. (Hurting yourself is not sinful -- just stupid.)”

“People who go broke in a big way never miss any meals. It is the poor jerk who is shy a half slug who must tighten his belt.”

“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.”

“The hardest part about gaining any new idea is sweeping out the false idea occupying that niche. As long as that niche is occupied, evidence and proof and logical demonstration get nowhere.”

“Always listen to experts. They'll tell you what can't be done, and why. Then do it.”

“A society that gets rid of all its troublemakers goes downhill.”

“The supreme irony of life is that hardly anyone gets out of it alive.”

“You live and learn. Or you don't live long.”

“Certainly the game is rigged. Don't let that stop you; if you don't bet you can't win.”

“Its very variety, subtlety, and utterly irrational, idiomatic complexity makes it possible to say things in English which simply cannot be said in any other language.”

“Ignorance is curable, stupid is forever.”

“Courage is the complement of fear. A man who is fearless cannot be courageous. [He is also a fool. ]”

“Work is not an end in itself; there must always be time enough for love.”

“Progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things.”

“If a thing's worth doing, it's worth overdoing. (Lazarus Long)”

“A brute kills for pleasure. A fool kills from hate.”

““Die trying” is the proudest human thing.”

“Age is not an accomplishment, and youth is not a sin.”

“There is no such thing as luck; there is only adequate or inadequate preparation to cope with a statistical universe.”

“When I don’t understand, I have an unbearable itch to know why.”

“Television leaves no external scars.”