Lisp is worth learning for the profound enlightenment experience you will have when you finally get it; that experience will make you a better programmer for the rest of your days, even if you never actually use Lisp itself a lot.

The most important thing in filmmaking is to tell a good story.

Among thousands of people, you meet those you've met. Through thousands of years, across the boundless wilderness of time, you happen to meet them, neither earlier nor a bit too late. There is nothing to be said except to ask lightly, "Oh, you're here too?"

最好的解决方案往往来自于倾听——倾听科学家、当地社区，甚至海洋本身的声音。

"The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off."

I prefer to supervise the whole operations of the government myself rather than entrust the public business to subordinates.