The truth is not always what we want to hear, but it is what we need to know.

A society’s competitive advantage will come not from how well its schools teach the multiplication and periodic tables， but from how well they stimulate imagination and creativity.

如果我不是鲍勃·迪伦，我可能会认为这个名字有许多种答案。

I think we have been through a period where too many people have been given to understand that if they have a problem, it's the government's job to cope with it. 'I have a problem, I'll get a grant.' 'I'm homeless, the government must house me.' They're casting their problem on society. And, you know, there is no such thing as society. There are individual men and women, and there are families. And no government can do anything except through people, and people must look to themselves first. It's our duty to look after ourselves and then, also to look after our neighbour. People have got the entitlements too much in mind, without the obligations.

最好的故事是提出问题而非解答问题的故事。

最好的电影是那些让你思考、挑战你、在你离开电影院后仍久久留在你心中的电影。

The Langlands program is a bridge between the discrete and the continuous.