Ivan Ramljak

“Some humans would do anything to see if it was possible to do it. If you put a large switch in some cave somewhere, with a sign on it saying 'End-of-the-World Switch. PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH', the paint wouldn't even have time to dry.”
― Terry Pratchett, Thief of Time

“He calculated the number of bricks in the wall, first in twos and then in tens and finally in sixteens. The numbers formed up and marched past his brain in terrified obedience. Division and multiplication were discovered. Algebra was invented and provided an interesting diversion for a minute or two. And then he felt the fog of numbers drift away, and looked up and saw the sparkling, distant mountains of calculus.”
― Terry Pratchett, Men at Arms

“Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life.”
― Terry Pratchett, Jingo

“Anglo-sovjetski "hiljadugodišnji" sporazum trajao je hiljadu minuta i ležao u ruinama pod erupcijom zadocnele savesti jednog špijuna. Svakako će uskoro trebati da se dogovori neki novi. Jer razuman se čovek nije mogao samo naoružavati. Morao je verovati da oružje neće upotrebiti. To mu je obezbeđivalo moralno pravo da ga i dalje pravi. Time su podsticani novi sporazumi o razoružavanju, u koje nitko ozbiljan nije verovao, a ovi davali podstreka novom naoružanju, koga niko nije ozbiljno hteo. Sve se, dakle, odvijalo u olimpijskom lakoatletskom tempu, bez izlišnih ceremonija.”
― Borislav Pekić, Besnilo