1.
If geography is prose, maps are iconography.
Lennart Meri
2.
Looking in the mirror to check if my tie is straight is a waste of my time. I only look in the mirror once a day, and that's in the morning when I shave.
Lennart Meri
3.
Ive never met a general yet who could milk a cow.
Lennart Meri
4.
Throughout Soviet times, I understood what was really happening in the world around me.
Lennart Meri
5.
Our civilisation has lost this bond between times, and tends to measure time with a yardstick, bit by bit, from one point to another.
Lennart Meri
6.
Science will liberate us from the chains of big cities and lead us back to nature.
Lennart Meri
7.
In the past, when I shot films about fishermen and hunters, I always had to admire their ability to perceive time in its entirety. The present was always temporary.
Lennart Meri
8.
Security is like virginity: you're either a virgin or you're not. You either have security or you don't.
Lennart Meri
9.
History is more interesting than politics.
Lennart Meri
10.
Traveling is the only passion that doesn't need to feel shy in front of intellect.
Lennart Meri
