权力精英由那些职位使他们能够超越普通男女的普通环境的人组成；他们处于能够做出具有重大后果的决策的位置。
The power elite is composed of men whose positions enable them to transcend the ordinary environments of ordinary men and women; they are in positions to make decisions having major consequences.
撰写一生就像拼凑一幅马赛克，其中一些碎片不可避免地缺失了。
The best architecture is silent but eloquent.
尽管儿童的举止有比较大的自由，但总的说来，他们给人一种非常有纪律的印象。
Golf is a game that is played on a five-inch course—the distance between your ears.
The life of the law has not been logic; it has been experience.
Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language.
To understand is to know what causes what.