Regulation should focus on reducing the likelihood of runs, not just preventing failures.

Education does not plant the faculties in us like seeds in a garden; it merely directs them in the way they should go.

Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things.

对某些年青人来说，如果他可和高阶的长官有直接接触的话，人生的战役已赢了大半；而每一位年青人的远大目标应该是所做的事超出他的职责范围--所做的事可以吸引在上面注视着他的人的注意。

When we think of the past it's the beautiful things we pick out. We want to believe it was all like that.

科学家的遗产不在于发表的论文，而在于激发的心灵。