对那些来访牛津大学的外国友人,我有一个坏消息,这里的人都很势利。有时候,英国以外的人会想象,势利是英国人特有的个性,来自那些乡间别墅和头衔爵位。坏消息是,并不只是这样,势利是一个全球性的问题,我们是个全球性的组织,这是个全球性的问题,它确实存在。势利是什么?,势利是以一小部分的你,来判别你的全部价值,那就是势利。
In a way, I've got some bad news, particularly to anybody who's come to Oxford from abroad. There's a real problem with snobbery, because sometimes people from outside the U.K. imagine that snobbery is a distinctively U.K. phenomenon, fixated on country houses and titles. The bad news is that's not true. Snobbery is a global phenomenon; we area global organization, this is a global phenomenon. What is a snob? A snob is anybody who takes a small part of you, and uses that to come to a complete vision of who you are. That is snobbery.
I am God's vessel. But my greatest pain in life is that I will never be able to see myself perform live.
肉类行业必须发展以满足下一代的需求。
If you're competitor-focused, you have to wait until there is a competitor doing something. Being customer-focused allows you to be more pioneering.
价格之重要,并不在于金钱是至高无上的。在零星分散的信息必须得以协调的巨型社会中,价格乃是快速而有效的信息传导。
我们不拥有记忆;记忆拥有我们。
If you want to understand a system, try changing it.
经验只是我们给错误起的名字。
对一个人而言,只要谨慎自信 ,没有什么是高不可攀的。
The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.
大自然为所有活动都观察了合适的时间。