# Quote — Frank Herbert, Whipping Star

> You can say things which cannot be done. This is elementary. The trick is to keep attention focused on what is said and not on what can be done.

- Author: [Frank Herbert](https://www.leafyquotes.com/frank-herbert.md)
- Book: [Whipping Star](https://www.leafyquotes.com/frank-herbert/whipping-star.md)
- Page: 87
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Frank_Herbert#Whipping_Star_(1969)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/frank-herbert/whipping-star/you-can-say

## More from this book

> Learning a language represents training in the delusions of that language.

p. 111 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/frank-herbert/whipping-star/learning-a-language.md)

> Providence and Manifest Destiny are synonyms often invoked to support arguments based on wishful thinking.

p. 136 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/frank-herbert/whipping-star/providence-and-manifest.md)

> Where is the weapon with which I enforce your bondage? You give it to me every time you open your mouth.

p. 68 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/frank-herbert/whipping-star/where-is-the.md)