Robert Anson Heinlein nejznámější citáty
Robert Anson Heinlein citáty a výroky
„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]
„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]
Starship Troopers
Starship Troopers
Starship Troopers
Starship Troopers
Starship Troopers
„Úmrtnost máme stejnou jako všichni ostatní - jedno úmrtí na osobu, dřív nebo později.“
Zdroj: Kniha Tunel do nebes
Zdroj: Kniha Hvězdná pěchota
Robert Anson Heinlein: Citáty anglicky
Richard Ames; chapter 3, p. 27
Zdroj: The Cat Who Walks Through Walls (1985)
“If you wanted to teach a baby a lesson, would you cut its head off?”
Zdroj: Starship Troopers
“Every general prohibition creates its bootleggers.”
Zdroj: Time Enough for Love
“His was not a small mind bothered by logic and consistency.”
Zdroj: Stranger in a Strange Land
“A boy who gets a C- in 'Appreciation of Television' can't be all bad.”
Zdroj: Starship Troopers
“Certain types of loudmouthism should be a capital offense among decent people.”
Zdroj: The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
“Gratitude is a euphemism for resentment.”
Zdroj: Stranger in a Strange Land
“A motion to adjourn is always in order.”
Zdroj: Time Enough for Love
“Autobiography is usually honest but it is never truthful.”
Zdroj: Friday
“I woke up in bed with a man and a cat. The man was a stranger; the cat was not”
Zdroj: The Cat Who Walks Through Walls
“The trouble with conspiracies is that they rot internally.”
Zdroj: The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
“As it says in the Bible, God fights on the side with the heaviest artillery.”
Zdroj: The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
“Anyone who considers protocol unimportant has never dealt with a cat.”
The Cat Who Walks Through Walls (1985)
“Seems to be a deep instinct in human beings for making everything compulsory that isn't forbidden.”
Zdroj: The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
“A Paradox May Be Paradoctored.”
"—All You Zombies—" (1958)
Varianta: A Paradox May Be Paradoctored.