Quote of the day

"I do respect very much the elephant, but would you give him the chair of zoology?"
~ Harvard professor Roman Jakobson objecting to Vladimir Nabokov's bid for chairmanship of the Russian literature department.

Quote of the day 2

"The quesiton is not "how has Bolshevism changed Russia?" but " how has Russia changed Bolshevism? "

~ George Kennan

Quote of the day: Old French Saying

"Cet animal est tres mechant; quand on l'attaque, il se defend."
~ An old French Saying
Translation: "What a wicked animal; when attacked, he defends himself."

Causation and Correlation