God Emperor Of Dune Quotes & Sayings

I know the evil of my ancestors because I am those people. The balance is delicate in the extreme. I know that few of you who read my words have ever thought about your ancestors this way. It has not occurred to you that your ancestors were survivors and that the survival itself sometimes involved savage decisions, a kind of wanton brutality which civilized humankind works very hard to suppress. What price will you pay for that suppression? Will you accept your own extinction?
-The Stolen Journals — Frank Herbert

We're grappling with the same issue facing all advanced economies - how to revive growth and distribute its fruits more fairly. An America that can tackle that problem head-on can perhaps help revive a stagnant global economy. — David Ignatius

A strenuous effort must be made to train young people to think for themselves and take independent charge of their lives. — Anne Sullivan

To Live In The Original Intention Of God Is To Chase Self Destruction Away — Sunday Adelaja

God is the mirror of man. — Ludwig Feuerbach

No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and every tongue which rises against you in judgment, you shall condemn. — Anonymous

Vulnerability is not about fear and grief and disappointment; it is the birthplace of everything we're hungry for. — Brene Brown

You want promises of success, assurances that all will be well? I don't do that. Ask your amah here. That's why I'm the real deal. — Yangsze Choo

Love is what we were born with. Fear is what we learned here. — Marianne Williamson

I think the record-buying public know what they like, and when people are trying to pander to them, I think they know it. They want the genuine article, so if we try to sort of "dumb down" for the mass public, I think they're too smart for that, and would recognize us as fakes. It seems like the bands that do crossover do so really on their own terms, and they just find that their terms just kind of make a big dove-tail with the masses. — Ira Kaplan

I do have one very brutal writing ritual. If I'm working in the morning, I don't allow myself a cup of tea until I've written two paragraphs. It's harsh. — Anthony Lane

A lot's riding on 'Dune,' and my friends in Seattle realize what's happening if I freak out a bit. They accept whatever I happen to be, and they tell me when I'm slipping out of Kyle. They call me the 'God Emperor of the Universe.' — Kyle MacLachlan

I try more and more to be myself, caring relatively little whether people approve or disapprove. — Vincent Van Gogh

And there, surrounded by death above and below, he sticks his tongue out and tastes the sweetness of life. — Danny Scheinmann

Though it was the worst season in her life, something wonderful came of it. She found a relationship with Jesus. — Karen Kingsbury