I will tell you what I will do and what I will not do. I will not serve that in which I no longer believe, whether it call itself my home, my fatherland, or my church: and I will try to express myself in some mode of life or art as freely as I can and as wholly as I can, using for my defence the only arms I allow myself to use—silence, exile, and cunning.

离散数学与计算机科学之间的相互作用一直是创新和发现的沃土。

读，读，读。读所有东西——垃圾、经典、好的和坏的，看看他们是怎么做的。就像一个当学徒的木匠研究大师一样。读！你会吸收它。然后写。如果它是好的，你会发现。如果不好，就把它扔出窗外。

短期债务可能是危险的，因为它创造了突然挤兑的可能性。

The beauty of literature lies in its ability to capture the ineffable, to give form to the formless.

The most important thing is to be true to yourself and to the character you're portraying.

In classical music, tradition is both our greatest asset and our heaviest burden.