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
mistake data entrepreneur
Making workable choices occurs in a crucible of informative mistakes. Thus Intelligence accepts fallibility. And when absolute (infallible) choices are not known, Intelligence takes chances with limited data in an arena where mistakes are not only possible but also necessary.
mistake data entrepreneur
Intelligence takes chances with limited data in an arena where mistakes are not only possible but also necessary.
quality dignity breathe
Life cannot find reasons to sustain it, cannot be a source of decent natural regard, unless each of us resolves to breathe such qualities into it.
greatness civilization quality
Every civilization depends on the quality of the individuals it produces. If you over-organize humans, over-legalize them, suppress their urge to greatness-they cannot work and their civilization collapses.
sleepers
the sleeper must awaken
way problem problem-solving
Always prepare secondary ways of dealing with problems.
eye saws matter
The unclouded eye was better, no matter what it saw.
entertainment journalism entertainment-business
Journalism is the entertainment business.
writing
Money to a writer is time to write.
Who are the rabble and who are the ruled?
giving lamps give-me
Give me a lamp so I can find the day.
funny-love giving joy
You know it's love when you want to give joy and damn the consequences.
path stagnation
That path leads ever down into stagnation.
court
Control the coinage and the courts — let the rabble have the rest.