Democracy is the worst form of government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.
Abstraction allows for a kind of freedom that representation sometimes doesn't.
谦逊是科学家所能拥有的最大美德。
禁止持有武器的法律。只会解除那些本来就不打算或没有决心要犯罪的人的武装……这样的法律只会让受害者变得更糟,让行凶者更强;它们相当于鼓励而不是阻止凶杀,因为一个没有武装的人更可能被一个武装的人袭击。
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.'
The most successful leaders are those who listen—to patients, to scientists, and to their teams.