What did Robert A. Heinlein mean by: A generation which ignores history has no past — and no future. Robert A. Heinlein Science fiction author · USA Copy
+ Never crowd youngsters about their private affairs – sex especially. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Robert A. Heinlein, Boundaries, Privacy, Respect, 0 Robert A. Heinlein Science fiction author · USA
+ I do know that the slickest way to lie is to tell the right amount of truth–then shut up. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Robert A. Heinlein, Deception, Silence, Truth, 0 Robert A. Heinlein Science fiction author · USA
+ Come Judgment Day, we may find that Mumbo Jumbo the God of the Congo was the Big Boss all along. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Robert A. Heinlein, Power, Religion, 0 Robert A. Heinlein Science fiction author · USA
+ Of all the creatures on this planet none is more dangerous than a human being. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Robert A. Heinlein, Danger, Humanity, Superiority, 0 Robert A. Heinlein Science fiction author · USA
+ Always listen to experts. They’ll tell you what can’t be done, and why. Then do it. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Robert A. Heinlein, Experts, Innovation, Limitations, 0 Robert A. Heinlein Science fiction author · USA
+ Sin lies only in hurting others unnecessarily. All other “sins” are invented nonsense. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Robert A. Heinlein, Critique, Empathy, Morality, 0 Robert A. Heinlein Science fiction author · USA
+ …a book need never die and should not be killed; books were the immortal part of man. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Robert A. Heinlein, Immortality, Knowledge, Preservation, 0 Robert A. Heinlein Science fiction author · USA
+ The brown monkey’s instinct to kill is correct; such men are dangerous to all monkey customs. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Robert A. Heinlein, Danger, Instinct, Violence, 0 Robert A. Heinlein Science fiction author · USA
It’s stupid the way people extrapolate the past — and not slightly stupid, but massively stupid. Read explanation Charlie Munger Business person
Focus on the future for 50%, on the present for 40%, and on the past for 10% Masaaki Hatsumi Martial artist · Japan
Crimes of which a people is ashamed constitute its real history. The same is true of man. Jean Genet Playwright · France
Before the end of Time will be the end of History. Before the end of History will be the end of Art. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Philosopher · Germany
