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.

Quote by Philip K Dick

Topics: Reality Quotes, Words Quotes

Reality is whatever refuses to go away when I stop believing in it.

Reality is whatever refuses to go away when I stop believing in it.

It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane.

It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane.

Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.

Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.

Drug misuse is not a disease, it is a decision, like the decision to step...

Drug misuse is not a disease, it is a decision, like the decision to step...

The trouble with being educated is that it takes a long time; it uses up...

The trouble with being educated is that it takes a long time; it uses up...

This, to me, is the ultimately heroic trait of ordinary people; they say no to...

This, to me, is the ultimately heroic trait of ordinary people; they say no to...

The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you...

The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you...

When you are crazy you learn to keep quiet.

When you are crazy you learn to keep quiet.

Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.

Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.

Don't try to solve serious matters in the middle of the night.

Don't try to solve serious matters in the middle of the night.

Science fiction writers, I am sorry to say, really do not know anything. We can't...

Science fiction writers, I am sorry to say, really do not know anything. We can't...

Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.

Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.

The whole conviction of my life now rests upon the belief that loneliness, far from...

The whole conviction of my life now rests upon the belief that loneliness, far from...

By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent...

By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent...

Demons do not exist any more than gods do, being only the products of the...

Demons do not exist any more than gods do, being only the products of the...

To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; credible...

To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; credible...

I believe in human dignity as the source of national purpose, human liberty as the...

I believe in human dignity as the source of national purpose, human liberty as the...

The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner

The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner

A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence

A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence

In any culture, subculture, or family in which belief is valued above thought, and self-surrender...

In any culture, subculture, or family in which belief is valued above thought, and self-surrender...

Everything is a dangerous drug except reality, which is unendurable.

Everything is a dangerous drug except reality, which is unendurable.

Facts sometimes have a strange and bizarre power that makes their inherent truth seem unbelievable.

Facts sometimes have a strange and bizarre power that makes their inherent truth seem unbelievable.