Philip K. Dick quotes - page 4

matter is plastic in the face of mind. (Philip K. Dick)
The church of my choice is the free, open world. View quote
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Because today we live in a society in which spurious realities are manufactured by the media, by governments, by big corporations, by religious groups, political groups...So I ask, in my writing, What is real? Because unceasingly we are bombarded with pseudo-realities manufactured by very sophisticated people using very sophisticated electronic mechanisms. I do not distrust their motives; I distrust their power. They have a lot of it. And it is an astonishing power: that of creating whole universes, universes of the mind. I ought to know. I do the same thing. View quote
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Odd that the brain could function on its own, without acquainting him with its purposes, its reasons. But the brain was an organ, like the spleen, heart, kidneys. And they went about their private activities. So why not the brain? View quote
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I will never fully understand; that is the nature of such creatures. Or is this Inner Truth now, this that is happening to me? I will wait. I will see. Which it is. Perhaps it is both. View quote
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Are we to assist it in gaining power in order to save our lives? Is that the paradox of our earthly situation? View quote
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When two people dream the same dream, it ceases to be an illusion. View quote
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We have entered a Moment when we are alone. We cannot get assistance, as before. Well, Mr. Tagomi thought, perhaps that too is good. Or can be made good. One must still try to find the Way. View quote
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Activity does not necessarily mean life. Quasars are active. And a monk meditating is not inanimate. View quote
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Can anyone alter fate? All of us combined...or one great figure...or someone strategically placed, who happens to be in the right spot. Chance. Accident. And our lives, our world, hanging on it. View quote
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Giving me a new idea is like handing a cretin a loaded gun, but I do thank you anyhow, bang, bang. (Philip K. Dick)
In this dark world where he now dwelt, ugly things and surprising things and once in a long while a tiny wondrous thing spilled out at him constantly; he could count on nothing. View quote
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The unconscious is selective, when it learns what to listen for. View quote
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Whom the gods notice they destroy. Be small...and you will escape the jealousy of the great. View quote
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Writing is a lonely way of life. You shut yourself up in your study and work and work. View quote
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Life in Anaheim, California, was a commercial for itself, endlessly replayed. Nothing changed; it just spread out farther and farther in the form of neon ooze. What there was always more of had been congealed into permanence long ago, as if the automatic factory that cranked out these objects had jammed in the on position. View quote
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You must beware of seeing malice behind accidental injury. View quote
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Any given man sees only a tiny portion of the total truth, and very often, in fact almost...perpetually, he deliberately deceives himself about that precious little fragment as well. View quote
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People have told me that everything about me, every facet of my life, psyche, experiences, dreams, and fears, are laid out explicitly in my writing, that from the corpus of my work I can be absolutely and precisely inferred. This is true. View quote
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Madness has its own dynamism. It just goes on. View quote
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A lot can be said for the infinite mercies of God, but the smarts of a good pharmacist, when you get down to it, is worth more. (Philip K. Dick)
No man is infinitely strong; for every creature that runs, flies, hops or crawls there is a terminal nemesis which he will not circumvent, which will finally do him in. View quote
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Skill is a function of chance. It's an intuitive best-use of chance situations. View quote
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Where there's dope, there's hope! View quote
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There will come a time when it isn't 'They're spying on me through my phone' anymore. Eventually, it will be 'My phone is spying on me'. View quote
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