关于化石燃料的讨论常常缺乏细微差别——我们必须承认它们的历史作用和超越它们的紧迫性。

半导体行业是一个需要长期投入的领域，急功近利只会适得其反。

Habit is habit, and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time.

译文：不务正业的人如果能迷途知返，仍然是一个正人君子；高贵的人误入歧途，便会被庸人嘲笑。赏析：过去的错误已无可挽回，但未来的路还可以追寻。人犯错误不可怕，就怕一错再错，不知悔改。

The past is part of our present, and thus part of our future.

Legal rules are not merely predictions of what courts will do, but are reasons for action.

I think it would be a disaster. The extraterrestrials would probably be far in advance of us. The history of advanced races meeting more primitive people on this planet is not very happy, and they were the same species. I think we should keep our heads low.

生活的秘诀在于给予。