That “democracy” is a somewhat vague term which I cannot define precisely. We ought to say, therefore: “I am fairly certain that it is a good thing if a government has something of the characteristics that are common to the British and American Constitutions,” or something of this sort.

The goal of software engineering is to control complexity, not to create it.

我们手里的金钱是保持自由的一种工具；我们所追求的金钱，则是使自己当奴隶的一种工具。

技术没有国界，但企业要有自己的核心竞争力。

I think the best thing you can do is to be true to yourself.

The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody had decided not to see.

真正的文学没有边界，它超越了语言和文化。