David Bober

“The French were more tolerant of brothels than any other nation in Europe, though there was some dispute about whether this reflected enlightenment or depravity.”
― Max Hastings, Catastrophe 1914: Europe Goes to War

“One of the largest problems in getting a new design accepted by an established manufacturer is not just the ‘not invented here’ syndrome, but also the ‘we don’t have the tooling’ syndrome. Why invent something new when you can simply modify what you have?”
― Paul M. Barrett, Glock: The Rise Of America's Gun

“I closed the manual. “I wonder if I’ve got any of the 374 mental disorders,” I thought. I opened the manual again. And I instantly diagnosed myself with twelve different ones.”
― Jon Ronson, The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry

“Having a sous-chef with excellent cooking skills and a criminal mind is one of God's great gifts.”
― Anthony Bourdain, Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly