Vasil Kolev

“Fire-priests have an uncomplicated theology; immolating people purifies them from sin, so the more people you burn to death the less sin there is in the world, and the more holy you are for doing it”
― Graydon Saunders, The March North

“What in Britain is called the Special Relationship, in Germany is called treason.”
― John le Carré, The Pigeon Tunnel: Stories from My Life: NOW A MAJOR APPLE TV MOTION PICTURE

“(From an interview with Daniel Kahneman)

Q. Is it possible that one barrier for women trying to work in male-dominated fields is that such an environment demands extra mental effort on behalf of the women?

A. Being self-conscious takes up mental capacity and is certainly not good for performance. Furthermore, the more self-conscious you are, the more likely you are to interpret (and sometimes misinterpret) the attitudes of others as gender-based, which is bound to make things worse. However, there is hope: self-consciousness is likely to diminish when you are in a stable environment, interacting with people you know well. The trend appears to be favorable: improving attitudes of men, rising representation of women in many male-dominated occupations, so the future is likely to be better than the past.”
― Stephen D. Levitt Stephen J. Dubner

“One can almost always achieve surprise in war by suddenly doing something that is truly stupid, but surprise alone is scarcely victory.”
― Anthony H. Cordesman, The Lessons Of Modern War Volume IV: The Gulf War