The most important thing in science is not to solve problems, but to ask the right questions.

知识不会使我们更丰富；它使我们越来越远离神秘世界——这个我们曾经的天然家园。

我不喜欢正经的小说。在正经小说里，人们会说这样的话：“我的血管里流淌着铁、银和普通的泥土。我无法像那些不依赖刺激的人那样握紧拳头。”这是什么意思？我不知道。父亲也不知道。写这些书的人也不知道。

建筑总是政治的，因为它关乎我们如何共同生活。

Sustainability isn't a buzzword—it's a commitment to future generations.

So what I want to argue for is not that we should give up on our ideas of success, but we should make sure that they are our own. We should focus in on our ideas, and make sure that we own them; that we are truly the authors of our own ambitions. Because it's bad enough not getting what you want, but it's even worse to have an idea of what it is you want, and find out, at the end of the journey, that it isn't, in fact, what you wanted all along.

【大意】干枯的竹子能生火，但不去钻它就不会燃烧；地下藏有泉源，但不去挖掘就流不出泉水来。