I can never be safe; I always try and go against the grain. As soon as I accomplish one thing, I just set a higher goal. That’s how I’ve gotten to where I am.

真正的领导者不是那些发号施令的人，而是那些能够激励他人自愿跟随的人。

经济发展的关键不是让价格正确，而是让制度正确。

I don’t care what people think of me. I care what I think of myself.

Understanding the limits of computation is as important as pushing its boundaries.

You may have the worst of your worries when you most appear to be at ease.

You can't go back home to your family, back home to your childhood, back home to romantic love, back home to a young man's dreams of glory and of fame, back home to exile, to escape to Europe and some foreign land, back home to lyricism, to singing just for singing's sake, back home to aestheticism, to one's youthful idea of 'art' and beauty, back home to the ivory tower, back home to places in the country, to the cottage in Bermuda, away from all the strife and conflict of the world, back home to the father you have lost and have been looking for, back home to someone who can help you, save you, ease the burden for you, back home to the old forms and systems of things which once seemed everlasting but which are changing all the time—back home to the escapes of Time and Memory.