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- “The trouble with being educated is that it takes a long time; it uses up the better part of your life and when you are finished what you know is that you would have benefited more by going into banking.” ― Philip K. Dick, The Transmigration of Timothy Archer
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- The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words.
- There will come a time when it isn't 'They're spying on me through my phone' anymore. Eventually, it will be 'My phone is spying on me'. Philip K. Dick. Technology, Phones.
- Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. Philip K. Dick. Atheist, Real, Believe.
- Because today we live in a society in which spurious realities are manufactured by the media, by governments, by big corporations, by religious groups, political groups...
Mar 17, 2021 · 1. "Strange how paranoia can link up with reality now and then." - Philip K. Dick, 'A Scanner Darkly'. 2. "He wondered how much of the insanity of the day--his insanity--had been real, or just induced as a contact lunacy, by the situation." - Philip K. Dick, 'A Scanner Darkly'. 3. "Once a guy stood all day shaking bugs from his hair.
40 of the best book quotes from Philip K. Dick. 01. “We know this to be a primary autonomic response, the so-called ‘shame’ or ‘blushing’ reaction to a morally shocking stimulus. It can’t be controlled voluntarily, as can skin conductivity, respiration, and cardiac rate.”. Philip K. Dick.
Quote 2. “’You will be required to do wrong no matter where you go. It is the basic condition of life, to be required to violate your own identity. At some time, every creature which lives must do so. It is the ultimate shadow, the defeat of creation; this is the curse at work, the curse that feeds on all life.’”.
Philip K. Dick The trouble with being educated is that it takes a long time; it uses up the better part of your life and when you are finished what you know is that you would have benefited more by going into banking.
Apr 11, 2024 · quoted by Gregg Rickman in To The High Castle; Philip K. Dick: A Life 1928-1962 (1989) alternate versions: In Divine Invasions by Lawrence Sutin, Karen Anderson, wife of Poul Anderson, is quoted. In this version of the anecdote, each half is 20,000 words, and the New Testament is The Things with Three Souls.
