Kristjan

“Any enclosed discipline sets its stamp, its pattern, upon its students. That pattern is susceptible to analysis and prediction.”
― Frank Herbert, Dune

“three things there are that ease the heart—water, green grass, and the beauty of woman.”
― Frank Herbert, Dune

“The ideal parking space, as Shoup models it, is one that optimizes a precise balance between the “sticker price” of the space, the time and inconvenience of walking, the time taken seeking the space (which varies wildly with destination, time of day, etc.), and the gas burned in doing so.”
― Brian Christian, Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions

“People work harder to avoid pain than to get pleasure. While everyone wants pleasure as much as they can get it, their motivation to avoid pain is actually far stronger.”
― Patrick King, Read People Like a Book: How to Analyze, Understand, and Predict People’s Emotions, Thoughts, Intentions, and Behaviors