Baron Vladimir Harkonnen

"He is like a man racing against time."

"Ambition is a cruel master."

"Love and loyalty are weapons as dangerous as any blade."

"Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy."

"Ambition clouds judgment"

"A man's flesh is his own responsibility."

"Think you of the fact that a deaf [person] cannot hear. Then, what deafness may we not all possess? What senses do we lack that we cannot imagine?"

"A person is smart. People are dumb."

"Time is a construct to help the weak."

"Humans can always be conquered by appealing to their greed and their fear."

"Ambition and reality often travel different paths."

"Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense."

"In the end, politics is about power and the will to wield it."

"Let us say I have this itch—it moves around, but when I scratch where it itches, I find nothing there"

"Madness is relative"

"A knife to the back is a more eloquent argument than a thousand words."

"Politics and religion are inseparable"

"He who can destroy a thing controls a thing."

"To create order, one must impose discipline."

"When you have bred cattle for generations, you make a great bull. Not so with humans."

"Politics is the art of appearing honest."