Two quotes

Two quotes that i really liked today. First one from the Economist (particularly acute after my US trip) and the second one from Indrek Neivelt, ex head of Hansapank and now the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Estonian Development Fund (pardon, but it is in Estonian).

Air travel, for example, is getting worse rather than better. Profit-maximising foreign airlines choose the cheapest slots for routes to small countries, not the most convenient one. Flying to Estonia from London means either leaving home at 3:30 in the morning, or arriving in Tallinn after 11:00 at night. Flights to Brussels and other European capitals are barely more convenient. The result is a subtle form of isolation—nothing like as bad as the Iron Curtain, to be sure, but a nuisance nonetheless.

Meie pere vanem poeg sündis 1998. aastal. Mina olen sündinud 1967. aastal. Ja ma vaatasin, et 1998. aasta oli kõige madalama sündimusega aasta, mil sündis poole vähem lapsi kui 1967. aastal. Ütlesin pojale, et tal on võimalik kaks korda lihtsamalt Eesti meistriks saada. Kui lisame, et vahepeal on spordialasid juurde tulnud, siis on olukord veelgi drastilisem.