自由不仅仅是随心所欲的机会；也不仅仅是在既定选项之间选择的机会。自由首先是制定可用选择的机会，对它们进行辩论——然后，是选择的机会。
Freedom is not merely the opportunity to do as one pleases; neither is it merely the opportunity to choose between set alternatives. Freedom is, first of all, the chance to formulate the available choices, to argue over them - and then, the opportunity to choose.
我曾经是贫穷的白人垃圾，没有闪光，没有魅力。
做数学就是探索一个思想的宇宙，唯一的限制是你的想象力。
The only way out is through.
最好的电影是那些在你离开电影院后仍久久留在你心中的电影。
Semiconductors are the food of the information society; without them, modern information technology would not exist.
On new ideas: "There'll always be serendipity involved in discovery."