The number one organ of ridicule, nowadays, is the newspaper. If you open the newspaper any day of the week, it's full of people who've messed up their lives. They've slept with the wrong person, taken the wrong substance, passed the wrong piece of legislation -- whatever it is, and then are fit for ridicule. In other words, they have failed. And they are described as "losers." Now, is there any alternative to this? I think the Western tradition shows us one glorious alternative, which is tragedy.

译文：经常在外人面前夸耀自己就是最大的短处，知道自己还有短处就是最大的长处。赏析：做人低调不张扬，才不会引起别人的嫉妒和报复。为人处世，不谈论自己的优点，不议论别人的短处。

Iteration is the mother of invention.

"I don't think that literature should be a moral institution."

The safety of our workers must always come first, no matter the cost.

清明彪炳的节义，是在独居之时修身励志、培养出来的；旋转乾坤的治国韬略，是在临深履薄的谨慎戒惧中造就而成的。

记忆是一面镜子，它以严谨的真实性撒谎。

如果我们现在不采取行动，我们的孩子继承的世界将比我们得到的更加贫瘠。