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
writing historical secret
The writing of history is largely a process of diversion. Most historical accounts distract attention from the secret influences behind great events.
player games missing
Confine yourself to observing and you always miss the point of your life. The object can be stated this way: Live the best life you can. Life is a game whose rules you learn if you leap into it and play it to the hilt. Otherwise, you are caught off balance, continually surprised by the shifting play. Non-players often whine and complain that luck always passes them by. They refuse to see that they can create some of their own luck. Darwi Odrade - Chapterhouse: Dune
motivational inspiring leadership
Give as few orders as possible," his father had told him once long ago. "Once you've given orders on a subject, you must always give orders on that subject.
betrayal trying scream
When we try to conceal our innermost drives, the entire being screams betrayal.
being-real done research
Once human beings realize something can be done, they're not satisfied until they've done it.
temptation warning safe
And always, he fought the temptation to choose a clear, safe course, warning 'That path leads ever down into stagnation.
government destruction knows
Governments do not know what they cannot do until after they cease to be governments. Each government carries the seeds of its own destruction.
temptation lessons
There's a lesson in every temptation.
hysteria undeserving promoting
The undeserving maintain power by promoting hysteria.
ecosystems niche realizing
The thing the ecologically illiterate don't realize about an ecosystem is that it's a system. A system! A system maintains a certain fluid stability that can be destroyed by a misstep in just one niche.
life trust people
The people I distrust most are those who want to improve our lives but have only one course of action.
useless experts chaos
Experts and specialists lead you quickly into chaos. They are a source of useless nit-picking, the ferocious quibble over a comma.
simple decision too-much
Too much knowledge never makes for simple decisions.
doe universe
The universe does not work by our rules