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Robert A. Heinlein vs. Bill Skarsgård

Read 20 entries attributed to Robert A. Heinlein alongside 3 attributed to Bill Skarsgård. Compare the wording and topic labels.

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philosophy

This page places 20 entries attributed to Robert A. Heinlein alongside 3 attributed to Bill Skarsgård. Each selection is ordered by stored importance score. These are selections from QuoteLineage, not complete accounts of either author's work.

Topic labels present in both displayed selections: philosophy. Shared labels do not by themselves demonstrate agreement, disagreement, or influence between the authors.

Attributed to Robert A. Heinlein, entry #1008: "Jealousy is a disease, love is a healthy condition. The immature mind often mistakes one for the other, or assumes that the greater the love, the greater the jealousy - in fact, t…"

Attributed to Bill Skarsgård, entry #5489: "I'm constantly embarrassed at the level of attention actors get and the level of money that we get. It's completely disproportionate. I think you have to feel guilty about it. I t…"

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Robert A. Heinlein

1907 – 1988

Literature
United States
348 quotes

Robert Anson Heinlein was an American science fiction author, engineer, and naval officer. Sometimes called the "dean of science fiction writers", he was among the first to emphasize scientific accuracy in his fiction and was thus a pioneer of the subgenre of hard science fiction. His published works, both fiction and non-fiction, express admiration for competence and emphasize the value of critical thinking.

"Jealousy is a disease, love is a healthy condition. The immature mind often mistakes one for the other, or assumes that the greater the love, the greater the…"

#love

"Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own."

#happiness

"May you live as long as you wish and love as long as you live."

#life

"Free will was another matter. It could not be laughed off, because it could be directly experienced—yet his own free will had worked to create the same scene…"

#freedom

"I now define "moral behavior" as "behavior that tends toward survival." I won't argue with philosophers or theologians who choose to use the word "moral" to …"

#philosophy

"Luck is a bonus that follows careful planning—it’s never free."

#freedom

"I really am a good listener because you never can tell when you will pick up something useful—and all in the world any woman has to do to be considered “char…"

#friendship

"When you haven’t data, guessing is illogical."

#philosophy

"Some people insist that 'mediocre' is better than 'best.' They delight in clipping wings because they themselves can't fly. They despise brains because they …"

#life

"Since when did a mathematician need any tools but his own head? Pythagoras had done well enough with a stick and a stretch of sand."

#humor

"At fourteen months he began speaking in sentences, short and of his own structure, but sentences. The subjects of his conversation, or, rather, his statement…"

#writing

"I've heard all the usual Sweetness and Light that kids get pushed at them—how they should always forgive, how there’s some good in the worst of us, etc. But …"

#leadership

"I have never been impressed by the formal schools of ethics. I had sampled them — public libraries are a ready source of recreation for an actor short of cas…"

#family

"I trust that I am honest with myself. I know that I am not very sociable and I expect to go on being so; a man capable of creative work has no time to spare …"

#truth

"Don, have you been dealing with a booklegger?"

#books

"Like many a man before him, he found himself forced into a lie because the truth simply would not be believed."

#truth

"Apparently she believes she is safe. Evil is essentially stupid, Joe; despite her brilliance, she believes what she wishes to believe. Or it may be that she …"

#death

"Sex is rearing its interesting head."

#leadership

"I had taken a partner once before—but, damnation, no matter how many times you get your fingers burned, you have to trust people. Otherwise you are a hermit …"

#wisdom

"As for population, every major shortcoming of our native planet could be traced to one cause: too many people, not enough planet."

#Human Nature
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Bill Skarsgård

1990

Entertainment
Sweden
3 quotes

Bill Istvan Günther Skarsgård is a Swedish actor, model, producer, and director. He is best known for portraying Pennywise in the horror films It (2017) and It Chapter Two (2019) and the television series It: Welcome to Derry (2025–present) and Count Orlok in Nosferatu (2024). Skarsgård's roles as monsters and other non-human characters have led him to be described as a creature actor by media sources.

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