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How do you call among you the little mouse, the mouse that jumps?" Paul asked, remembering the pop-hop of motion at Tuono Basin. He illustrated with one hand. A chuckle sounded through the troop. "We call that one muad'dib," Stilgar said. Jessica
— Frank Herbert
Before Jessica could answer, Chani said: "It is not possible that you have tasted the blessed water. You are outworlder and unprivileged.
— Frank Herbert
The agnostic ruling class for whom religion was a kind of puppet show to amuse the polpulace and keep it docile, and who believed essentially that all phenomena — even religious phenomena — could be reduced to mechanical explanations.
— Frank Herbert
they were non-thinkers, attaching themselves to any fancied power for the identity which this gave them. Without a reflection from her they were empty. Thus, they were dangerous.
— Frank Herbert
Paul hesitated. There'd been no dwarf in the vision, but all else remained identical.
— Frank Herbert
Oh, I don't imply that I've made my father's mistake and peered into the future with a glass of spice.
— Frank Herbert
So I quoted the First Law of Mentat at her: 'A process cannot be understood by stopping it. Understanding must move with the flow of the process, must join it and flow with it.' That seemed to satisfy her.
— Frank Herbert
I'm influenced by those '40s, '50s, and '60s films: things like 'The Apartment' - I was a big fan of Billy Wilder.
— Ricky Gervais
Do not let friars enter your wine cellars for fear they will bless every barrel and change the wine into blood.
— John Wycliffe
Expectation builds the one thing you must have when you get to a new stadium when it's built, which is a winning team.
— Sam Allardyce
Tell your sister I'm all right," Mrs Whatsit said to Charles. "Tell her my intentions are good." "The road to hell is paved with good intentions," Charles intoned.
— Madeleine L'Engle
I am a mere unicorn. Gaudior dropped his silver lashes modestly.
— Madeleine L'Engle