The culture of a people is an ensemble of texts, themselves ensembles, which the anthropologist strains to read over the shoulders of those to whom they properly belong.
一个民族的文化是一组文本的集合，而这些文本本身也是集合，人类学家努力从这些文本的真正拥有者的肩膀上方去阅读它们。
建筑不是关于建筑师，而是关于使用它的人。
当信息不对称或激励不一致时，市场就会失灵。
精神生活是对环境的持续调整。
I don’t let the past define me, I let it refine me.
在代数中，两个量的相等性通过方程来表达。
You could rattle the stars. You could do anything, if only you dared. And deep down, you know it, too. That’s what scares you most.
When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.