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
space nonsense should
If you ask "Should we be in space?" you ask a nonsense question. We are in space. We will be in space.
mean men self
Science fiction, because it ventures into no man's lands, tends to meet some of the requirements posed by Jung in his explorations of archetypes, myth structures and self-understanding. It may be that the primary attraction of science fiction is that it helps us understand what it means to be human.
limits firsts exploration
If we define Futurism as an exploration beyond accepted limits, then the nature of limiting systems becomes the first object of exploration.
affair reluctance increase
Power attracts the corruptible. Suspect all who seek it ... We should grant power over our affairs only to those who are reluctant to hold it and then only under conditions that increase that reluctance.
mistake self defense
When you imagine mistakes, there can be no self-defense.
dying way violence
Prophets have a way of dying by violence.
perception dice spots
The dice cannot read their own spots.
leadership people leader
A leader, you see, is one of the things that distinguishes a mob from a people.
real law enforcement
Law always chooses sides on the basis of enforcement power. Morality and legal niceties have little to do with it when the real question is: Who has the clout?
machines language speak
I don't speak ... I operate a machine called language. It creaks and groans, but is mine own.
justice long arms
Justice? Who asks for justice? We make our own justice ... Let us not rail about justice as long as we have arms and the freedom to use them.
dirty people leave-me-alone
Ecology is a dirty seven-letter word to many people. They are like heavy sleepers refusing to be aroused. "Leave me alone! It's not time to get up yet!
attitude giving people
... motivating people, forcing them to your will, gives you a cynical attitude toward humanity. It degrades everything it touches.
mind trying matter
The mind goes on working no matter how we try to hold it back.