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.

[Dune] A popular man attracts the envy of the powerful.

People say "Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely." My point is that power attracts ...Show more »

People say "Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely." My point is that power attracts the corruptible. Show less «

[Children of Dune] If you over-organize humans, over-legalize them, suppress their urge to greatness...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 «

The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand.

[Bene Gesserit Axiom] If you rely only on your eyes, all your other senses weaken.

[Children of Dune] Governments, if they endure, always tend increasingly toward aristocratic forms. ...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 «

The people I distrust most are those who want to improve our lives but have only one course of actio...Show more »

The people I distrust most are those who want to improve our lives but have only one course of action. Show less «

[Children of Dune] The one-eyed view of our universe says you must not look far afield for problems....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 «

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