The truth is often uncomfortable, but it is necessary.

I remember my friend Johnny von Neumann used to say, 'with four parameters I can fit an elephant, and with five I can make him wiggle his trunk.'

It is not from the benevolence of the butcher， the brewer， or the baker that we expect our dinner， but from their regard to their own interest.

The truth is never just one thing; it is always several things at once.

The world is shaped by stories, not just facts.

Overfishing is a solvable problem, but it requires global commitment and local action.

整体的行为不能从其单独部分的行为中预测出来。