The difference between a good administrator and a bad one is about five heartbeats. Good administrators make immediate choices. - Frank Herbert

This group is composed of those for whom belief in saucers is tantamount to religion...They believe men from outer space will step in on Earth "before it's too late," put a stop to the atomic bomb threat "by their superior powers," and enforce perpetual peace "for the good of the universe"...

There are some things no one can bear. I meddled in all the possible futures I could create until, finally, they created me.

What I'm saying in my books boils down to this: Mine religion for what is good and avoid what is deleterious. Don't condemn people who need it. Be very careful when that need becomes fanatical.