Frank Herbert
Frank Herbert
Frank Patrick Herbert, Jr.was an American science fiction writer best known for the novel Dune and its five sequels. Though he became famous for science fiction, he was also a newspaper journalist, photographer, short story writer, book reviewer, ecological consultant and lecturer...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth8 October 1920
CityTacoma, WA
CountryUnited States of America
powerful government judging
There exists a limit to the force even the most powerful may apply without destroying themselves. Judging this limit is the true artistry of government. Misuse of power is the fatal sin.
book giving entertainment
There's an unwritten compact between you and the reader. If someone enters a bookstore and sets down hard earned money (energy) for your book, you owe that person some entertainment and as much more as you can give.
cutting lines problem
We are generalists. You can't draw neat lines around planet-wide problems. Planetology is a cut-and-fit science.
entertainment journalism entertainment-business
Journalism is the entertainment business.
taken voice giving
A voice hissed: "He sheds tears!" It was taken around the ring "Usal gives moisture to the dead!" He felt fingers touch his damp cheek, heard the awed whispers.
enemy allies
Enemies strengthn you. Allies weaken you.
children sleep relax
Jessica stopped beside him: ‘What delicious abandon in the sleep of a child.’ He spoke mechanically: ‘If only adults could relax like that.’ ‘Yes.’ ‘When do we lose it?’ He murmured… ‘We do indeed lose something,’ she said.
technology people risk
Technology tends toward avoidance of risks by investors. Uncertainty is ruled out if possible. People generally prefer the predictable. Few recognize how destructive this can be, how it imposes severe limits on variability and thus makes whole populations fatally vulnerable to the shocking ways our universe can throw the dice.
silence best-things silence-is
Silence is often the best thing to say.
inspirational book done
One learns from books and example only that certain things can be done. Actual learning requires that you do those things.
rulers
A ruler must learn to persuade and not to compel.
path mediocrity caution
Caution is the path to mediocrity.
heart soul desire
To the soul's desires The body listens What the flesh requires Keeps the heart imprisoned
destiny thinking support
Providence and Manifest Destiny are synonyms often invoked to support arguments based on wishful thinking.