宇宙不仅比我们想象的更奇怪，而且比我们能够想象的还要奇怪。

我们对平凡的事物感兴趣。我们感兴趣的是如何将非常普通的东西变得特别。

没有人会发动战争——或者说，理智的人不应该这样做——除非他首先清楚自己希望通过战争实现什么目标以及如何指挥战争。

——赠宋庆龄题词，1922年

真正的浪漫还在前方，尚未到来。计算机革命还没有开始。

Now Bubba told me everything he knew about shrimping, but you know what I found out? Shrimping is tough. I only caught five.

Problems frequently get easier if you turn them around in reverse. In other words, if you want to help India, the question you should ask is not “how can I help India,” it’s “what is doing the worst damage in India? What will automatically do the worst damage and how do I avoid it?”