Actually no. Werner Herzog didn't say this. It is still worth saying.

Can't believe that my "modern" motorcycle is more than 25 years old. Somewhat mixed feelings about it being gone, as well as about my motorcycling days being over.

Correlation is not causation, but...

The old myth about people getting more conservative when they get older seems only be true for people born before 1955. The ones born 1955-1980 seem not to change their view, and people born since 1980 get more liberal as they get older.

The Middle East travel situation is bad enough as it is, but if Georgia, Armenia or Azerbaijan get involved in the currently ongoing conflicts, travel between Europe and Asia could be rather badly disrupted.

Quiz: is this
A: Big Brother of Oceania (1984)?
B: Joseph Stalin of the Soviet Union?
C: Kim Jong Un of North Korea?

Nailed it.