Frases de Robert A. Heinlein

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Livro Um Estranho Numa Terra Estranha

Livro Um Estranho Numa Terra Estranha

Livro Um Estranho Numa Terra Estranha

Isto pode não ser verdade, mas soa bem -- e não é mais tolo do que qualquer outra teologia.
"God split himself into a myriad parts that he might have friends." This may not be true, but it sounds good—and is no sillier than any other theology.
Robert A. Heinlein, Time Enough for Love, 1973, Página 216.

Fonte: Between Planets (1951), Chapter 3, “Hunted” (p. 38) - Secret Service officer to the main character during an interrogation.

Fonte: The Puppet Masters (1951), Chapter 1 (p. 7)

Fonte: The Door Into Summer (1957), Chapter 2

The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (1966)

The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (1966)

Fonte: The Rolling Stones (1952), Chapter 13, “Caveat Vendor” (pp. 177-178)

Fonte: The Number of the Beast (1980), Chapter XVII : The world wobbled—, p. 151

Fonte: The Number of the Beast (1980), Chapter XXIII : “The farce is over.”, p. 212

Fonte: Farmer in the Sky (1950), Chapter 18, “Pioneer Party” (pp. 193-194)

Fonte: Sixth Column (1949; originally serialized in 1941), Chapter 9 (p. 108)

Fonte: The Number of the Beast (1980), Chapter XXI : —three seconds is a long time—, p. 180

Fonte: Have Space Suit—Will Travel (1958), Chapter 12

Fonte: Sixth Column (1949; originally serialized in 1941), Chapter 2 (pp. 24-25)

Fonte: I Will Fear No Evil (1970), Chapter 12, p. 171

Fonte: Space Cadet (1948), Chapter 6 “Reading, and ’riting, and ’rithmetic—”, p. 71

Behaving on a still higher moral level were the astronauts who went to the Moon, for their actions tend toward the survival of the entire race of mankind. The door they opened leads to the hope that H. sapiens will survive indefinitely long, even longer than this solid planet on which we stand tonight. As a direct result of what they did, it is now possible that the human race will never die.
Many short-sighted fools think that going to the Moon was just a stunt. But the astronauts knew the meaning of what they were doing, as is shown by Neil Armstrong's first words in stepping down onto the soil of Luna: "One small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind."
The Pragmatics of Patriotism (1973)

Fonte: The Puppet Masters (1951), Chapter 21 (p. 116)

Methuselah's Children (1958)

“Yes, sir. I think I do.”
Fonte: Red Planet (1949), Chapter 2, “South Colony, Mars”, pp. 16-17

"The Discovery of the Future," Guest of Honor Speech, 3rd World Science Fiction Convention, Denver, Colorado (4 July 1941)

“And not very good poetry.”
Fonte: The Rolling Stones (1952), Chapter 14, “Flat Cats Factorial” (p. 182)

Fonte: Between Planets (1951), Chapter 17, “To Reset the Clock” (p. 173)

Fonte: The Puppet Masters (1951), Chapter 19 (p. 104)

Fonte: Red Planet (1949), Chapter 4, “Lowell Academy”, p. 44

Fonte: I Will Fear No Evil (1970), Chapter 27, p. 488

Fonte: Space Cadet (1948), Chapter 12 “P.R.S. Pathfinder”, p. 143

Fonte: To Sail Beyond the Sunset (1987), p. 370 (Ace 1988)

Fonte: Farmer in the Sky (1950), Chapter 9, “The Moons of Jupiter” (pp. 90-91)

This offhand mention has become the simplest (three words!) and often-quoted exposition of the wonders of a different world, where what would be novel today has become simply the way things work.
Fonte: Beyond This Horizon (1948; originally serialized in 1942), Chapter 1, “All of them should have been very happy—”, p. 5 and several other times