Robert Anson Heinlein: Frasi in inglese (pagina 11)
Robert Anson Heinlein era autore di fantascienza statunitense. Frasi in inglese.
Origine: "The Happy Days Ahead" in Expanded Universe (1980)
Contesto: I started clipping and filing by categories on trends as early as 1930 and my "youngest" file was started in 1945.
Span of time is important; the 3-legged stool of understanding is held up by history, languages, and mathematics. Equipped with these three you can learn anything you want to learn. But if you lack any one of them you are just another ignorant peasant with dung on your boots.
“… a book need never die and should not be killed; books were the immortal part of man.”
Origine: Farnham's Freehold
“Christ was crucified for preaching without a police permit”
Origine: Stranger in a Strange Land
“Damnit! Nationalism should stop at the stratosphere!”
Origine: The Man Who Sold the Moon
Richard Ames; chapter 3, p. 27
Origine: The Cat Who Walks Through Walls (1985)
“If you wanted to teach a baby a lesson, would you cut its head off?”
Origine: Starship Troopers
“Every general prohibition creates its bootleggers.”
Origine: Time Enough for Love
“His was not a small mind bothered by logic and consistency.”
Origine: Stranger in a Strange Land
“A boy who gets a C- in 'Appreciation of Television' can't be all bad.”
Origine: Starship Troopers
“Certain types of loudmouthism should be a capital offense among decent people.”
Origine: The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
“Gratitude is a euphemism for resentment.”
Origine: Stranger in a Strange Land