“Terrorism can go anywhere where there is not strong government, or government that cannot control its hinterlands.” Quote by Robert D. Kaplan
“The first thing to recognize not just about Afghanistan but about any poor undeveloped country is that as big as it looks on the map, it's much bigger when you're there.” FirstsLooksCountryBigsPoorBiggerMapsAfghanistan Author:Robert D. Kaplan
“The more dynamic the capitalistic expansion, the greater the disparity. It is from the disparity that we are going to get all the political upheaval for the next few years.” YearsPoliticalNextGreaterExpansionDisparityUpheaval Author:Robert D. Kaplan
“The most important thing I learned as a foreign correspondent in about 80 countries is that it takes a very shallow knowledge of history to think that there are solutions to most problems.” ThinkingImportantCountryProblemSolutionsImportant ThingsShallow Author:Robert D. Kaplan
“What happened on September 11th is at least, theoretically, small stuff compared to what can happen.” HappensStuffHappenedSeptemberSeptember 11September 11thSmall Stuff Author:Robert D. Kaplan
“I don't spend a lot of time online. My mother's really good at picking out if she sees a really great review, and she'll forward it to me. She's like my little Internet filter. It's always nice to see something going up; if I want to find something on Nathan Fillion, I do know where to look, but I've got a nice little delivery system in my mom.” IfsKnowsWantLooksLittlesMotherNiceMomInternetMy MomOnlineReviewsReally GreatDeliveryFilters Author:Nathan Fillion
“When you talk about aiding this country against that country or about fighting terrorism, when you actually take that decision and strip it down, it always comes down to one person in the field giving specialized training to somebody else in the field.” GivingPersonsCountryFightingDecisionFieldsTrainingTerrorismFighting Terrorism Author:Robert D. Kaplan
“Until Eve gave him the apple, Adam didn't even know he wasn't wearing underpants.” KnowsInnocenceApplesAdamUnderpants Author:Paula Yates
“I don't remember my parents together, ever: my father was much older, and really only interested in collecting magazines and bathroom suites; we were the only family in the area to have a bathroom suite on the lawn.” TogetherRememberFatherParentAreasMagazinesBathroomCollectingLawns Author:Paula Yates
“My mother was always in those films where it's the end of the world and a meteor's about to hit London; there's only six people left, and one of them's in purple underwear. That was always my mother, running from this meteor in purple underwear and spraining her ankle.” PeopleWorldEndsRunningFilmMotherLeftSixLondonPurpleEnd Of The WorldUnderwearAnklesMeteors Author:Paula Yates
“Man, so far as natural science by itself is able to teach us, is no longer the final cause of the universe, the Heaven-descended heir of all the ages. His very existence is an accident, his story a brief and transitory episode in the life of one of the meanest of the planets.” MenStoriesAgeAbleUniverseHeavenCausesNaturalExistenceTeachPlanetsFinalsAccidentsEpisodesHeirsTransitoryNatural Science Author:Arthur Balfour