伊斯坦布尔的命运就是我的命运：我依恋这座城市，因为它造就了今天的我。
"Istanbul’s fate is my fate: I am attached to this city because it has made me who I am."
谦虚是美德，但过于谦虚的人心怀诡诈；缄默是好的行为，但过于沉默的人则胸藏奸伪。
When we understand knowledge-based systems, it will be as before -- except our fingertips will have been singed.
The best way to learn mathematics is to do mathematics.
When we think of the past it's the beautiful things we pick out. We want to believe it was all like that.