Fear is a strange soil. Mainly it grows obedience like corn, which grows in rows and makes weeding easy. But sometimes it grows the potatoes of defiance, which flourish underground.

U leto 1992. godine bačko selo Trešnjevac je bilo opkoljeno sa 92 tenka – zato što su se tamošnje žene pobunile protiv prisilne mobilizacije svojih muževa.

Moj savet vama tih godina koje pomenu je da izvadite pasoše. Nema nikakve nada da će se nešto promeniti jer mentalitet koji je star stotine godina se ne može promeniti za godinu dana. Ako su roditelji “jeli batine” devedesetih, to nije prvi put da se ružne stvari dešavaju. nisu li ratni veterani iz WW 1 prosili ispred Starog dvora dok su ratni liferanti sedeli u foteljama a Milunka Savic heroj rata radila kao baba sera. Ne vidim nikakvu nadu. Možete menjati sistem, vlast, ali sve će da odtane isto…zakon jačeg, korupcija, sila, laž, prevara, bezbožništvo…spremajmo se “na put kući u tudjinu” što reče Balašević

A few factors emerged as strongly protective [agains teen substance abuse]: participation in organised activities – especially sport – three or four times a week, total time spent with parents during the week, feeling cared about at school, and not being outdoors in the late evenings.

The Internet was awesome until everyone showed up.

Britain has changed since 1998.

Back then, it only took workers about three years to save enough money for a down-payment on a house. Now it takes 20 years.

'I love animals!' Says a child.

'Be a vet.' Says the guidance adviser.

'Kill my dog.' Says the customer.

At a previous employer we had a policy that all passwords started with '/' because of the sheer number of times someone typed the root password into a public IRC channel.

It could be that financial success breeds bad health habits.

He is a weak ruler who needs religion to uphold his government; it is as if he would catch his people in a trap.

London voted against Brexit.

NYC, LA, SF, etc against Trump.

Istanbul, Ankara against Erdogan.

All very deeply divided societies.

Sayre's law: In any dispute the intensity of feeling is inversely proportional to the value of the issues at stake.

Ovde je tradicija sprdnja od koje se prave svečane palačinke.

In 532, the Byzantines and Persians signed what they called The Perpetual Peace, so named because it was expected to last forever. It lasted eight years. After the ensuing war, the Byzantines and Persians, now less optimistic, named their new treaty The Fifty Year Peace. It lasted ten years.

If you know how quickly people forget the dead, you'll stop living to impress people.

As I got older, I realized:

1. lost money can be found; lost time is lost forever
2. learning to learn, and changing yourself is a superpower
3. you are not your job
4. networking is about giving
5. best teacher is your last mistake
6. good manners as important as good education
7. do not take your health for granted
8. be a better friend and value relationships
9. if you are waiting for a title to lead, you are not ready to lead
10. a sponsor is more important than a mentor
11. a good story is soulful with sprinkling of data
12. stop worrying about what others think of you
13. if you want an easier life, work on harder problems
14. best teachers are life long students
15. imposter syndrome is real
16. fight against a sense of entitlement
17. half the battle is showing up
18. love and cherish your parents by giving them your time
19. success is not accidental
20. the best views are there for those who love the climb
21. lucky people work harder
22. takers may end up with more, but givers sleep better at night
23. memorizing is not learning
24. it is okay to look back, just don’t stare
25. knowing is not acting
26. straight roads do not make great drivers
27. good listeners hear the unsaid
28. be the person that you want to follow
29. do not limit your contribution to a job description
30. if you are waiting for a title to lead, you are not ready to lead
31. customer service is not a department
32. in the long run, the optimists do more
33. never ruin an apology with excuses

If someone succeeds in provoking you, realize that your mind is complicit in the provocation.

Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.

They say creativity is born of limitations.

U životu sve može da se desi, a naročito ništa.

Uelbek

“Anything can happen in life, especially nothing.”