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People Quotes by Frank Herbert
- The mistakes (of leaders) are amplified by the numbers who follow them without question. Charismatic leaders tend to build up followings, power structures and these…
- A leader is one of the things that distinguishes a mob from a people. He maintains the level of individuals. Too few individuals and a…
- When politics and religion are intermingled, a people is suffused with a sense of invulnerability, and gathering speed in their forward charge, they fail to…
- Ecology is often confused with environmentalism, while in fact, environmentalism often leaves out the fact that people, too, can be a legitimate part of an…
- All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the corruptible. Such…
- What you of the CHOAM directorate seem unable to understand is that you seldom find real loyalties in commerce ... Men must want to do…
- The people I distrust most are those who want to improve our lives but have only one course of action.
- There should be a science of discontent. People need hard times to develop psychic muscles. -- Muad'Dib
- [Religion must remain an outlet for people who say to themselves, 'I am not the kind of person I want to be.' It must never…
- Bless the Maker and His water. Bless the coming and going of Him. May His passage cleanse the world. May He keep the world for…
- Many have marked the speed with which Muad'Dib learned the necessities of Arrakis. The Bene Gesserit, of course, know the basis of this speed. For…
- ... motivating people, forcing them to your will, gives you a cynical attitude toward humanity. It degrades everything it touches.
- I am like a person whose hands were kept numb, without sensation from the first moment of awareness - until one day the ability to…
- It is so shocking to find out how many people do not believe that they can learn, and how many more believe learning to be…
- Never attempt to reason with people who know they are right!
- You see, gentlemen, they have something to die for. They've discovered they're a people. They're awakening.
- Technology tends toward avoidance of risks by investors. Uncertainty is ruled out if possible. People generally prefer the predictable. Few recognize how destructive this can…
- I don’t think it’s quite that simple. Some people never observe anything, Life just happens to them. They get by on little more than a…
- What is important for a leader is that which makes him a leader. It is the needs of his people.
- Caution is the path to mediocrity. Gliding, passionless mediocrity is all that most people think they can achieve.
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- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
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- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now… — Alexis Arguello
- I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do. — J. J. Abrams
- As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people of Haiti,… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- I know how the American people care for that democratic principle. They want to see their vote respected. As we in Haiti… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle