Nowhere is this divorce between rhetoric and reality more evident than in the formulation of global drug policies, where too often emotions and ideology rather than evidence have prevailed.

Hackers don't break software, they simply demonstrate that it was already broken.

Avant-garde is now just a tiny fashion category. It became so cheap and pretentious. I hate it. But still, I strongly believe in the avant-garde spirit: to voice opposition to traditional values. It is not just a youthful sentiment; I live my life by it. Rebellion. You will only be able to oppose something and find something of your own after traveling the long road of tradition.

Is democracy sustainable in a country where you have no real growth for 50% of the population?

Terrorists on actual terrorist missions to kill people dress in civilian cover. Stop being xenophobic racist idiots.

There is no more important period of our lives than childhood; a good childhood is the bedrock of a happy life and a bad one just about dooms us to enduring misery.

Nijedan život nije sa hepiendom. Osuđeni smo na tužni kraj. Hepiend je sredstvo za manipulaciju, samo u gadostima od Pretty Woman ima da milioner bos nosi ružu prostitutki s ulice.

If you feel like doing something meaningless, there’s a petition you can sign.

As far as David remembers, by the way, 4 percent of Americans answered that they had been decapitated.

Soldiers are the perfect husbands. They know how to cook, to stitch, how to clean and are used to following orders!

Moj prvi album je bio posvećen narodnjacima. Da skrenem pažnju na sebe sprdao sam se sa narodnjacima i napravio radionicu kako bi trebalo da zvuče. Nazvao sam to turbo-folkom, misleći da će biti zgroženi. Međutim, nikada ne možete potceniti auditorijum. Tada sam shvatio da je u primitivnim društvima ironija, kao način izražavanja, štetna, jer je shvataju ozbiljno.

Ti su se ratovi gotovo isključivo sastojali od nasilja naoružanih profesionalaca nad civilima. Neko je već primetio da se ne može imenovati nijedna bitka koja je bila vođena tokom tih ratova, kao što je karakteristično upadljivo i odsustvo patriotskih herojskih memoara, romana i filmova koji redovno prate prave ratove.

Ali ovde se, i to je nasleđe iz Miloševićevog perioda, toliko toga događa, a to su mahom pseudodogađaji, koji vas stalno drže na ringišpilu i vi nikako ne možete da sastavite tu priču, jer stalno imate neke potrese koji okupiraju ljude. Kao kada se sruši kuća, a vi ne kažete – srušila se kuća, nego govorite – pala ova cigla, pala ona cigla, brojimo te cigle, gle evo još jedne cigle. Kada se kuća ruši, padaju cigle, zašto brojiš svaku ciglu? Ali to je još Milošević uspostavio, kad god se zapetlja i nađe u neprilici, on stvori novi skandal i onda se svi bave tim skandalom, dok ne naiđe novi skandal. I to suviše dugo traje i ljudima se neprekidno vrti u glavi.

Pravna država bi bila država koja primenjuje svoje zakone, a vladavina prava bi zahtevala da ti zakoni nešto valjaju.

Much of our security ideas and concepts are based on the days when sysadmins ruled the world. They were like a massive T-Rex ruling their domain, instilling fear into those beneath them. Today in security we are trying to build Jurassic Park, except there are no dinosaurs, they all went extinct. Maybe we can use horses instead, nobody will notice … probably. Most security leaders and security conferences are the same people saying the same things for the last ten years. If any of it worked even a little, I think we'd notice by now.

The proper time to influence the character of a child is  about 100 years before he is born.

Kunlangeta (Inuit): a person whose mind knows what to do but does not do it.

Znam u minut kada sam [definitivno odlučio da odem iz Srbije]. Osnovali smo Evropski pokret, imali smo podružnice na teritoriji cele bivše Jugoslavije, u nekih četrdeset mesta. U proleće su došla dva Žaka, kako su ih zvali. Jedan je bio Žak Delor, a drugome se ne sećam prezimena. Oni su došli u Jugoslaviju i ponudili bespovratno pet milijardi dolara i pridruženi status za Jugoslaviju u Evropskoj zajednici, pod uslovom da reši svoje međunacionalne unutrašnje probleme. To je bila podrška programu Ante Markovića. Meni se to činilo izuzetno značajnim. Onda sam pošao kod svih predsednika svih republičkih skupština u Jugoslaviji, da im kažem da bi trebalo da o tom predlogu raspravljaju u skupštini. Između ostalih, bio sam kod Krajišnika u Sarajevu. Sa mnom je bio Zoran Pajić, profesor Univerziteta iz Sarajeva, koji je bio član našeg Evropskog pokreta. Kada sam to izložio Krajišniku, on mi je rekao: „Znate šta, prvo da mi svršimo ova naša posla, pa ćemo onda u Evropu.” Ja sam kazao: „Ako ja dobro razumem ta vaša posla, to je krv do kolena.” On na to nije ni trepnuo: “Ako treba krv do kolena, onda krv do kolena.” Toga trenutka sam shvatio da se na ključnim pozicijama na kojima se donose odluke nalaze opasni ljudi, i možda opasni ludaci. Shvatio sam da tu nikakve priče ne pomažu i da će stvarno da padne krv, a kada padne krv, onda više niko ne ume da misli. Onda se misli iz stomaka. Svako ide svome i onda priče ne pomažu.

Fascism is therefore broadly identical with a normalization of war-powers in a modern state, that is: sustained social mobilization under central direction. Consequently, it involves, beside the centralization of political authority in a permanent war council, a tribal hystericization of social identity, and a considerable measure of economic pragmatism…Since fascism had entirely filled the Overton Window, it lost contour, and became invisible. The word persisted in public conversation only as an empty slur. Under this cover, and the absurdly misleading branding associated with it, American fascism ascended to a state of global hegemonic dominance.

Despite ample proof of the average American voter’s cluelessness, why do we still insist on voting rights for all?