Robert Anson Heinlein citáty page 5

„Ženy a mačky si vždy budú robiť, čo sa im zachce. A mužom a psom ostáva iba upokojiť sa a zvyknúť si na to.“

„Nikdy sa nesnažte prekabátiť mačku.“

„Neznehodnocujte svoje deti tým, že im uľahčíte život.“

„Nikdy sa nepokúšajte naučiť prasa spievať; strácate tým čas a prasa to otravuje.“

„Puritán je človek, ktorý si myslí, že jeho vlastné pravidlá slušnosti sú prirodzené zákony.“

„Láska je zdravie, žiarlivosť je choroba. Zamieňame si jedno a druhé, alebo si myslíme že čím väčšia láska, tým väčšia žiarlivosť – v skutočnosti, sú skoro nezlučiteľné. Jedna z nich skoro nenecháva priestor pre druhú.“

Robert Anson Heinlein citáty a výroky

„Nič nie je zadarmo.“

„Šťastie spočíva v dostatočnom množstve spánku. Len v tom, v ničom inom.“

„Môžeš mať mier alebo môžeš mať slobodu. Ale nerátaj s tým, že budeš mať oba naraz.“

„Niet horšej tyranie ako prinútiť človeka zaplatiť za niečo, čo nechce, len preto, že si myslíte, že by to bolo pre neho dobré.“

„Pripisovali ste darebáctvu podmienky, ktoré jednoducho vyplývajú z hlúposti.“

„Hriech spočíva len v tom, že zbytočne ubližujeme iným ľuďom. Všetky ostatné "hriechy" sú vymyslené nezmysly. Ubližovanie sebe samému nie je hriech - len hlúposť.“

“Butterflies are not insects,' Captain John Sterling said soberly. 'They are self-propelled flowers.”

Robert Anson Heinlein: Citáty v angličtine

“Remember, though, your best weapon is between your ears and under your scalp—provided it’s loaded.”

Robert A. Heinlein kniha The Cat Who Walks Through Walls

Zdroj: The Cat Who Walks Through Walls

“One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others.”

Robert A. Heinlein kniha Tunnel in the Sky

Zdroj: Tunnel in the Sky (1955), Chapter 1, “The Marching Hordes” (p. 14)

“A woman is not property, and husbands who think otherwise are living in a dreamworld.”

“Does history record any case in which the majority was right?”

Robert A. Heinlein Time Enough for Love

Zdroj: Time Enough for Love

“Do this. Don't do that. Stay back in line. Where's tax receipt? Fill out form. Let's see license. Submit six copies. Exit only. No left turn. No right turn. Queue up and pay fine. Take back and get stamped. Drop dead— but first get permit.”

“God created men to test the souls of women.”

“If you are part of a society that votes, then do so. There may be no candidates and no measures you want to vote for… but there are certain to be ones you want to vote against. In case of doubt, vote against. By this rule you will rarely go wrong.”

Robert A. Heinlein Job: A Comedy of Justice

Zdroj: Job: A Comedy of Justice

“I came, I saw, she conquered."
The original Latin seems to have been garbled.”

Robert A. Heinlein Time Enough for Love

Zdroj: Time Enough for Love

“Democracy is a poor system of government at best; the only thing that can honestly be said in its favor is that it is eight times as good as any other method the human race has ever tried.”

Robert A. Heinlein Time Enough for Love

Zdroj: Time Enough for Love

“Cheops' Law: Nothing ever gets built on schedule or within budget.”

Robert A. Heinlein kniha Stranger in a Strange Land

Zdroj: Stranger in a Strange Land

“If a grasshopper tries to fight a lawnmower, one may admire his courage but not his judgement.”

Robert A. Heinlein Time Enough for Love

Zdroj: Time Enough for Love

“I don't see why human people make such a heavy trip out of sex. It isn't anything complex, it is simply the best thing in life, even better than food.”

Robert A. Heinlein kniha Farnham's Freehold

Zdroj: Farnham's Freehold (1964), Chapter 16 (p. 235)

“Most neuroses and some psychoses can be traced to the unnecessary and unhealthy habit of daily wallowing in the troubles and sins of five billion strangers.”

Robert A. Heinlein kniha Friday

Zdroj: Friday

“Don't explain computers to laymen. Simpler to explain sex to a virgin.”

Robert A. Heinlein kniha Stranger in a Strange Land

Zdroj: Stranger in a Strange Land

“The slickest way in the world to lie is to tell the right amount of truth at the right time-and then shut up.”

Robert A. Heinlein kniha The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress

Zdroj: The Moon is a Harsh Mistress

“Animals can be driven crazy by placing too many in too small a pen. Homo sapiens is the only animal that voluntarily does this to himself.”

Robert A. Heinlein kniha Stranger in a Strange Land

Varianta: I do know that the slickest way to lie is to tell the right amount of truth--then shut up.
Zdroj: Stranger in a Strange Land

“Never own more than you can carry in both hands at a dead run.”

Robert A. Heinlein Time Enough for Love

Zdroj: Time Enough for Love

“He's an honest politician--he stays bought.”

“My old man says when it's time to be counted, the important thing is to be man enough to stand up.”

Robert A. Heinlein kniha Stranger in a Strange Land

Zdroj: Stranger in a Strange Land

“Any group is weaker than a man alone unless they are perfectly trained to work together.”

Robert A. Heinlein kniha Between Planets

Zdroj: Between Planets

“I'm always suspicious of disinterested interest.”

Robert A. Heinlein kniha Starship Troopers

Zdroj: Starship Troopers

“To permit irresponsible authority is to sell disaster.”

Robert A. Heinlein kniha Stranger in a Strange Land

Zdroj: Stranger in a Strange Land

“Thou art god, I am god. All that groks is god.”

Robert A. Heinlein kniha Starship Troopers

Zdroj: Starship Troopers

“A poet who reads his verse in public may have other nasty habits.”

Robert A. Heinlein kniha Stranger in a Strange Land

Zdroj: Stranger in a Strange Land

“Never tease an old dog; he might have one bite left.”

Robert A. Heinlein Time Enough for Love

Zdroj: Time Enough for Love

“Sense is never common.”

“Taxes are not levied for the benefit of the taxed.”

Robert A. Heinlein Time Enough for Love

Zdroj: Time Enough for Love

“Nothing uses up alcohol faster than political argument.”

“Faith strikes me as intellectual laziness.”

Robert A. Heinlein kniha The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress

Zdroj: The Moon is a Harsh Mistress