我们感知世界的方式是由我们的期望塑造的，通常，我们看到的就是我们期望看到的。

编程语言中最重要的就是名字。没有一个好名字，语言就不会成功。我最近发明了一个非常好的名字，现在正在寻找一种合适的语言。

现在数学家面临的最大问题可能是黎曼假设。

I like the stars. It's the illusion of permanence, I think. I mean, they're always flaring up and caving in and going out. But from here, I can pretend...I can pretend that things last. I can pretend that lives last longer than moments. Gods come, and gods go. Mortals flicker and flash and fade. Worlds don't last; and stars and galaxies are transient, fleeting things that twinkle like fireflies and vanish into cold and dust. But I can pretend.

The process of creative destruction is the essential fact about capitalism.

In the end, we are all just trying to find a place where we belong.

The best stories are those that make us see ourselves in others.