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.'

感恩是负面情绪的解毒剂，是嫉妒、敌意、担忧和愤怒的中和剂。

The most successful leaders are those who listen—to patients, to scientists, and to their teams.