#sec

One of the simplest ways to get an idea of one trillion dollars is to consider the amount in terms of the passage of time. One million seconds is equal to roughly eleven days and twelve hours, and one billion seconds is thirty-two years. One trillion seconds equals thirty-two thousand years. ↗

— Geoff Davis

#billion #consider #days #dollars #eleven

Now it is time to make historic reassessments in order to transform our region into one of stability, freedom, prosperity, cultural revival and co-existence. In this new regional order there should be less violence and fewer barriers between countries, societies and sects. ↗

— Ahmet Davutoglu

#between #countries #cultural #fewer #freedom

The meme for blind faith secures its own perpetuation by the simple unconscious expedient of discouraging rational inquiry. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#blind faith #discouraging #expedient #faith #inquiry

On second thought, I think I am more crazy than my goat. ↗

— Remedios Varo

#crazy #goat #i #i am #i think

It isn't a secret that my heart is damaged. All the treatments and medications haven't been effective. ↗

— Moshe Dayan

#damaged #effective #haven #heart #medications

By the second tour I had rice cakes and hummus with me, and I was jumping rope in my room. ↗

— Taylor Dayne

#had #i #jumping #me #rice

In addition to a timeline, I have proposed that U.S. troops be removed from front line combat positions in Iraqi cities and towns, turning over daily security patrols, interactions with citizens, and any offensive security actions to the Iraqis themselves. ↗

— Peter DeFazio

#addition #any #cities #citizens #combat

The training and equipping of Iraqi security forces should be accelerated. ↗

— Peter DeFazio

#iraqi #iraqi security #iraqi security forces #security #security forces

First, I do not think there is any silver bullet to solving the technology side of the security equation. ↗

— John W. Thompson

#bullet #equation #first #i #i do

Escape? There is one unwatched way: your eyes. O Beauty! Keep me good that secret gate. ↗

— Wilfred Owen

#escape #eyes #gate #secret #war