"The past is always present in the present."
历史不是过去——它是我们为组织对过去的无知而演变出的方法。
数学的美在于它是一种可以以其他任何方式都无法描述宇宙的语言。
当碰到了爱情，每个人都成了诗人。
What excites me most is the potential for catalysis to solve real-world problems in sustainable ways.
I think we have gone through a period when too many children and people have been given to understand 'I have a problem, it is the Government's job to cope with it!' or 'I have a problem, I will go and get a grant to cope with it!' 'I am homeless, the Government must house me!' and so they are casting their problems on society and who is society? There is no such thing! There are individual men and women and there are families and no government can do anything except through people and people look to themselves first.
我没有任何特别的秘诀（用于开发新的证明）……这就是为什么做研究既具有挑战性又具有吸引力的原因。这就像在丛林中迷路，试图利用你能收集到的所有知识来想出一些新的技巧，并且如果运气好的话，你可能会找到出路。
I don't have any particular recipe [for developing new proofs] ... It is the reason why doing research is challenging as well as attractive. It's like being lost in a jungle and trying to use all the knowledge that you can gather to come up with some new tricks, and with some luck you might find a way out.
写作就是在一个不断试图扼杀真相的世界里自由呼吸。
诗歌是灵魂的语言。