我的科学研究给我带来了极大的满足；我深信，用不了多久，全世界都会承认我的工作成果。
My scientific studies have afforded me great satisfaction; and I am convinced that it will not be long before the whole world acknowledges the results of my work.
"The true New Yorker secretly believes that people living anywhere else have to be, in some sense, kidding."
"What's terrible is to pretend that the second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need love when you do; or you like your work when you know quite well you're capable of better."
Nothing is more surprising than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few.
我们编造恐怖故事来帮自己应对真实的恐怖。
The study of black holes has revolutionized our understanding of space and time.
数学的美只对那些更有耐心的追随者展示。