Robert Anson Heinlein: 590 citátů353 lajků
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„Motýli nejsou hmyz. Jsou to samohybné květiny.“
Originál: (en) Butterflies are not insects. They are self propelled flowers.
Zdroj: [Heinlein, Robert Anson, 1988, The cat who walks through walls: a comedy of manners, Ace Books, 369, angličtina]
Robert Anson Heinlein kniha Hvězdná pěchota
Starship Troopers
„Básník, který čte své verše na veřejnosti, mívá obvykle i další hrozné zlozvyky.“
Originál: (en) A poet who reads his verse in public may have other nasty habits.
Zdroj: [Baen, Jim, 1988, New Destinies, Svazek 6, Baen Books, 63, angličtina]
Robert Anson Heinlein kniha Hvězdná pěchota
Starship Troopers
Robert Anson Heinlein kniha Hvězdná pěchota
Starship Troopers
„V armádě jsou jen dvě velikosti - moc velká a moc malá.“
Robert Anson Heinlein kniha Hvězdná pěchota
Starship Troopers
Robert Anson Heinlein kniha Hvězdná pěchota
Starship Troopers
Robert Anson Heinlein kniha Hvězdná pěchota
Starship Troopers
„Úmrtnost máme stejnou jako všichni ostatní - jedno úmrtí na osobu, dřív nebo později.“
Robert Anson Heinlein kniha Tunel do nebes
Zdroj: Kniha Tunel do nebes
Robert Anson Heinlein kniha Hvězdná pěchota
Zdroj: Kniha Hvězdná pěchota
Robert Anson Heinlein: Citáty anglicky
Robert A. Heinlein kniha If This Goes On
If This Goes On— (p. 432)
Short fiction, The Past Through Tomorrow (1967)
“You can only grieve so much; after that it’s self pity.”
Robert A. Heinlein kniha Farmer in the Sky
Zdroj: Farmer in the Sky (1950), Chapter 18, “Pioneer Party” (p. 188)
Robert A. Heinlein kniha Beyond This Horizon
Zdroj: Beyond This Horizon (1948; originally serialized in 1942), Chapter 15, “Probably a blind alley—”, p. 146
Robert A. Heinlein kniha Rocket Ship Galileo
Zdroj: Rocket Ship Galileo (1947), Chapter 4, “The Blood of Pioneers”, p. 34
Robert A. Heinlein Time Enough for Love
Time Enough for Love (1973)
Zdroj: The Door Into Summer (1957), Chapter 12
Robert A. Heinlein kniha Beyond This Horizon
Zdroj: 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.”
Robert A. Heinlein kniha Methuselah's Children
Methuselah's Children (1958)
“She sounds like a sensible person.”
Zdroj: The Door Into Summer (1957), Chapter 11
Robert A. Heinlein kniha The Puppet Masters
Zdroj: The Puppet Masters (1951), Chapter 10 (p. 61)
Robert A. Heinlein kniha Beyond This Horizon
Zdroj: Beyond This Horizon (1948; originally serialized in 1942), Chapter 14, “—and beat him when he sneezes”, p. 130
Robert A. Heinlein kniha Between Planets
Zdroj: 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.”
Robert A. Heinlein kniha Beyond This Horizon
Zdroj: Beyond This Horizon (1948; originally serialized in 1942), Chapter 7, “Burn him down at once—”, p. 76
Robert A. Heinlein kniha The Number of the Beast
Zdroj: The Number of the Beast (1980), Chapter XXXI : “—the first ghosts ever to search for an obstetrician.”, p. 321
The Pragmatics of Patriotism (1973)
Kontext: 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.
Robert A. Heinlein kniha Farmer in the Sky
Zdroj: Farmer in the Sky (1950), Chapter 18, “Pioneer Party” (p. 196)
Robert A. Heinlein kniha The Number of the Beast
Zdroj: The Number of the Beast (1980), Chapter XXVI : The Keys to the City, p. 249
Robert A. Heinlein kniha I Will Fear No Evil
Zdroj: I Will Fear No Evil (1970), Chapter 1, p. 24
“An invention is something that was “impossible” up to then—that’s why governments grant patents.”
Zdroj: The Door Into Summer (1957), Chapter 6
“I am learning that we still have things to learn.”
Robert A. Heinlein kniha The Number of the Beast
Zdroj: The Number of the Beast (1980), Chapter XIV : “Quit worrying and enjoy the ride.”, p. 128
“I counted to ten slowly, using binary notation.”
Zdroj: The Door Into Summer (1957), Chapter 8
“Every law that was ever written opened up a new way to graft.”
Robert A. Heinlein kniha Red Planet
Zdroj: Red Planet (1949), Chapter 4, “Lowell Academy”, p. 49
“If at Last You Do Succeed, Never Try Again.”
Robert A. Heinlein kniha "—All You Zombies—"
"—All You Zombies—" (1958)
“A man has to grow up in a language to be able to understand it scrambled.”
Robert A. Heinlein kniha Sixth Column
Zdroj: Sixth Column (1949; originally serialized in 1941), Chapter 9 (p. 108)
“How long has this racket been going on?”
Robert A. Heinlein kniha Grumbles from the Grave
Remark after receiving a $70 US check for his first published story.
Grumbles from the Grave (1989)
Robert A. Heinlein kniha Stranger in a Strange Land
Stranger in a Strange Land (1961; 1991)
Robert A. Heinlein kniha Between Planets
Zdroj: Between Planets (1951), Chapter 1, “New Mexico” (p. 9)
Robert A. Heinlein kniha Assignment in Eternity
Assignment in Eternity (1953)
