Frank Herbert
Birthday:
8 October 1920, Tacoma, Washington, USA
Birth Name:
Frank Patrick Herbert
Frank Herbert was born on October 8, 1920 in Tacoma, Washington, USA as Frank Patrick Herbert. He was a writer, known for Dune (1984), Emperor: Battle for Dune (2002) and Frank Herbert's Cease Fire (2012). He was married to Beverley Ann Stuart and Flora Parkinson. He died on February 11, 1986 in Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand.
The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand.
The people I distrust most are those who want to improve our lives but have only one course of action.
The people I distrust most are those who want to improve our lives but have only one course of action.
People say "Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely." My point is that power attracts the corruptible.
People say "Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely." My point is that power attracts the corruptible.
[Dune] A popular man attracts the envy of the powerful.
[Dune] A popular man attracts the envy of the powerful.
[Children of Dune] If you over-organize humans, over-legalize them, suppress their urge to greatness - they cannot work and their civilizati...Show more »
[Children of Dune] If you over-organize humans, over-legalize them, suppress their urge to greatness - they cannot work and their civilization collapses. Show less «
[Children of Dune] The one-eyed view of our universe says you must not look far afield for problems. Such problems may never arrive. Instead...Show more »
[Children of Dune] The one-eyed view of our universe says you must not look far afield for problems. Such problems may never arrive. Instead, tend to the wolf within your fences. The packs ranging outside may not even exist. Show less «
[Children of Dune] Governments, if they endure, always tend increasingly toward aristocratic forms. No government in history has been known ...Show more »
[Children of Dune] Governments, if they endure, always tend increasingly toward aristocratic forms. No government in history has been known to evade this pattern. And as the aristocracy develops, government tends more and more to act exclusively in the interests of the ruling class-whether that class be hereditary royalty, oligarchs of financial empires, or entrenched bureaucracy. Show less «
[Bene Gesserit Axiom] If you rely only on your eyes, all your other senses weaken.
[Bene Gesserit Axiom] If you rely only on your eyes, all your other senses weaken.
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