Brian Herbert Quotes
Top 83 wise famous quotes and sayings by Brian Herbert
Brian Herbert Famous Quotes & Sayings
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Opportunities are a tricky crop, with tiny flowers that are difficult to see and even more difficult to harvest.
Think of what this planet has done to us. Dune took my Duke and my son and shattered all our hopes and dreams as a family. It swallows people.
Love is the highest achievement to which any human may aspire. It is an emotion that encompasses the full depth of heart, mind, and soul.
All persons are contained within a single individual, just as all time is in a moment, and the entire universe is in a grain of sand.
Life is filled with tests, one after another, and if you don't recognize them, you are certain to fail the most important ones.
Any school for free citizens must begin by teaching distrust, not trust. It must teach questioning, not acceptance of stock answers.
I can envision calculations all the way to infinity," she said, as if in a trance. "I don't have to write them down.
The only guarantee in life is death, and the only guarantee in death is its shocking unpredictability.
My dad was an adventurer, my mother a romantic. When they met in college, both were creative writers; the writing was a bond.
A requirement of creativity is that it contributes to change. Creativity keeps the creator alive. - FRANK HERBERT, unpublished notes
It is astonishing how foolish humans can be in groups, especially when they follow their leader without question.
Looking closely at de Vries, he added, 'You are a very ugly man, Piter. Even with my disease, I'm still prettier than you.
Tell her nothing is impossible. Tell her that love is what separates humans from other living creatures, not hatred. Not violence -
Dune Messiah is the most misunderstood of Frank Herbert's novels. The reasons for this are as fascinating and complex as the renowned author himself.
Among my father's most important messages were that governments lie to protect themselves and they make incredibly stupid decisions.
Once you have explored a fear, it becomes less terrifying. Part of courage comes from extending our knowledge.
Erasmus was like Serena in a sense: he frequently needed to prune and weed the human race in his own garden.
As a human being, I was born on the brink of personal destruction, and I have spent my life dancing along the edge of that cliff.
Facts mean nothing when they are preempted by appearance. Do not underestimate the power of impression over reality.
Seurat's flowmetal face gleamed in the lights from his update ship's cockpit. Then I regret having been such an excellent teacher.
Dhartha's deep blue eyes flashed. "This is not about pride, Aurelius Venport. This is only about killing a pest of the desert.
It's so much more interesting to study a ... damaged world. I find it difficult to learn anything in a place that's too civilized.
The first step in innovation is to know that a thing can be created. After that, the rest is a matter of detail.
The capacity to learn is a gift; The ability to learn is a skill; The
willingness to learn is a choice.
willingness to learn is a choice.
You will have to rebuild an entire city." Xavier looked at Rhengalid with little sympathy. "But you can do that only because you are alive and free.
If you surrender, you have already lost. If you refuse to give up, though, no
matter the odds against you, at least you have succeeded in trying.
matter the odds against you, at least you have succeeded in trying.
No person can ever know everything that is in the heart of another. We are
all Face Dancers in our souls.
all Face Dancers in our souls.
Politics is a tangled web, an intricate labyrinth, an ever-shifting kaleidoscopic pattern. And it is not pretty.
Just repeating a statement often and with great vehemence does not make it a fact, and no amount of repetition can make a rational person believe it.
Brilliant, Piter! I'm glad I didn't execute you all those times when you were so annoying.'
'So am I,' de Vries said.
'So am I,' de Vries said.
Music should make the spirit soar, take the breath away, touch the soul. Your work was just ... pleasant tones, adequately performed.
I didn't actually get along with my dad when I was growing up, so by the time I was in my 20s, I didn't think I was going to be a writer.
Discovery is dangerous ... but so is life. A man unwilling to take risk is
doomed never to learn, never to grow, never to live.
doomed never to learn, never to grow, never to live.
The narrow mind erects stubborn barriers," her mother had once told her. "But against those barriers, words are formidable weapons.
The desert sorted the faithful from imposters, but the city did not seem to know the difference, and actually rewarded the impure.