Concerning the gods, I have no means of knowing whether they exist or not or of what sort they may be, because of the obscurity of the subject, and the brevity of human life.

Mathematics knows no races or geographic boundaries; for mathematics, the cultural world is one country.

Behind every technological breakthrough is the accumulation of countless failures.

写作是理解世界的一种方式。

在微观领域，我们的经典直觉必须让位于量子概率的奇异逻辑。

I think prime numbers are like life. They are very logical but you could never work out the rules, even if you spent all your time thinking about them.

创新是石油工业的支柱；没有创新，我们就会停滞不前。