Quotes About Interpretation

Muad'Dib gave us a particular kind of knowledge about prophetic insight, about the behaviour which surrounds such insight and its influence upon events which are seen to be on line. (That is, events which are set to occur in a related system which the prophet reveals and interprets.) As has been noted elsewhere, such insight operates as a peculiar trap for the prophet himself. He can become the victim of what he knows — which is a relatively common human failing.

The best art imitates life in a compelling way. If it imitates a dream, it must be a dream of life. Otherwise, there is no place where we can connect. Our plugs don't fit.

Gli storici esercitano un grande potere, e alcuni di loro lo sanno. Essi creano il passato, cambiandolo per adeguarlo alle proprie interpretazioni. Così, cambiano anche il futuro.

She said a thing.

Legile cer întotdeauna s? fie interpretate. Cel care se priponeÈ™te de lege nu vrea s? lase nicio È™ans? compasiunii. Nicio marj? de manevr?. "Legea e lege!

Muad'Dib gave us a particular kind of knowledge about prophetic insight, about the behaviour which surrounds such insight and its influence upon events whcih are seen to be on line. (That is, events which are set to occur in a related system which the prophet reveals and interprets.) As has been noted elsewhere, such insight operates as a peculiar trap for the prophet himself. He can become the victim of what he knows — which is a relatively common human failing.

Uproot your questions from the their ground and the dangling roots will be seen. More questions!

Gowachin Law made a special distinction between prejudgment and bias. McKie considered this. The interpretation of bias was: "If I can rule for a particular side I will do so." For prejudgment: "No matter what happens in the arena I will rule for a particular side." Bias was permitted, but not prejudgment.

If you believe certain words, you believe their hidden arguments. When you believe something is right or wrong, true or false, you believe the assumptions in the words which express the arguments.

Când crezi în anumite cuvinte, crezi în argumentele lor ascunse. Când crezi c? un lucru este corect sau greÈ™it, adev?rat sau fals, crezi în ipotezele conÈ›inute în cuvintele care exprim? argumentele. Asemenea ipoteze sunt deseori pline de lacune, îns? ele au preÈ›ioasa calitate de a fi conving?toare.

White for poison, black for purity," the Lady Fenring said. "A curious custom, isn't it, my love?

Se você acredita em determinadas palavras, acredita nos argumentos ocultos que carregam. Quando você acredita que alguma coisa é certa ou errada, verdadeira ou falsa, você acredita nos pressupostos por trás das palavras que expressam tais argumentos. Esses pressupostos geralmente são cheios de buracos, mas continuam muito preciosos para os que estão convencidos de sua veracidade.

Eylemlerin bir sonu vard?r ama baÅŸlang?c? yoktur; baz?lar? da baÅŸlar ama bitmez. Bu tamamen gözlemcinin nerede durduÄŸuna baÄŸl?d?r.

Jessica wondered what compulsion had brought her to uncover those two things first—the head and the painting. She knew there was something symbolic in the action.

There were forty Fremen—she and Paul made it forty-two.

A kind of Heisenberg indeterminacy intervened: the expenditure of energy that revealed what he saw, changed what he saw.

I've had visions in the orgy many times. They don't mean anything.

Historians exercise great power and some of them know it. They re-create the past, changing it to fit their own interpretations. Thus, they change the future as well. —LETO II, HIS VOICE, FROM DAR-ES-BALAT

Los historiadores ejercen un gran poder, y algunos de ellos lo saben. Recrean el pasado, cambiándolo para que encaje con sus propias interpretaciones. De este modo, cambian también el futuro.

Radikali uvijek sve promatraju previše pojednostavljeno - crno i bijelo, dobro i zlo, oni i mi. Razmišljaju?i tako, oni otvaraju vrata kaosu. Vještina vladanja, kako ti to zoveš, jest upravljanje kaosom.

Povjesni?ari imaju veliku mo?, a neki od njih to i znaju. Oni ponovno stvaraju prošlost, mijenjaju?i je kako bi odgovarala njihovim vlastitim tuma?enjima. Pa tako mijenjaju i budu?nost.

Having compared the novel-reader with an infant and a primitive, one can go further and call him a psychopath; and this I shall shortly be doing.

If it sells, it's art.

A nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse