Frank Herbert quotes - page 3

If we define Futurism as an exploration beyond accepted limits, then the nature of limiting systems becomes the first object of exploration. (Frank Herbert)
The scarce water of Dune is an exact analog of oil scarcity. CHOAM is OPEC. View quote
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A killer with the manners of a rabbit - this is the most dangerous kind. View quote
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Then, as his planet killed him, it occurred to Kynes that his father and all the other scientists were wrong, that the most persistent principles of the universe were accident and error. View quote
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Learning a language represents training in the delusions of that language. View quote
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Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind. View quote
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The mind commands the body and it obeys. The mind orders itself and meets resistance. View quote
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Does a population have informed consent when that population is not taught the inner workings of its monetary system, and then is drawn, all unknowing, into economic adventures? View quote
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If you ask "Should we be in space?" you ask a nonsense question. We are in space. We will be in space. View quote
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We are questioning more than the philosophy behind our dependence upon limited and limiting systems. We question the power structures that have grown up around such systems. View quote
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That is one of the Law's purposes, of course: to test the qualities of those who choose to employ it. (Frank Herbert)
The vision of time is broad, but when you pass through it, time becomes a narrow door. View quote
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For now is my grief heavier than the sands of the seas, she thought. This world has emptied me of all but the oldest purpose: tomorrow's life. View quote
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A person cries out against life because it's lonely, and because life's broken off from whatever created it. But no matter how much you hate life, you love it, too. It's like a caldron boiling with everything you have to have - but very painful to the lips. View quote
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Here lies a fallen god His fall was not a small one, We did but build his pedestal An narrow and a tall one. View quote
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If Wishes were fishes, we'd all cast nets. View quote
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Knowing where the trap is-- that's the first step in evading it. View quote
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Do actions agree with words? There's your measure of reliability. Never confine yourself to the words. View quote
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Show me a completely smooth operation and I'll show you someone who's covering mistakes. Real boats rock. View quote
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My father once told me that respect for truth comes close to being the basis for all morality. 'Something cannot emerge from nothing,' he said. This is profound thinking if you understand how unstable 'the truth' can be. View quote
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If you need something to worship, then worship life - all life, every last crawling bit of it! We're all in this beauty together! (Frank Herbert)
Bless the Maker and His water. Bless the coming and going of Him. May His passage cleanse the world. May He keep the world for His people. View quote
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You know it's love when you want to give joy and damn the consequences. View quote
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Religion must remain an outlet for people who say to themselves, 'I am not the kind of person I want to be.' It must never sink into an assemblage of the self-satisfied. View quote
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Police are inevitably corrupted. ... Police always observe that criminals prosper. It takes a pretty dull policeman to miss the fact that the position of authority is the most prosperous criminal position available. View quote
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