现在，无论是左倾还是右倾的政治人物，都同意“功绩主义”是个好事。我们应该尽力让我们的社会崇尚“功绩主义”，换句话说，一个崇尚“功绩主义”的社会是什么样的呢？一个崇尚功绩主义的社会相信，如果你有才能、精力和技术，你就会飞黄腾达，没有什么能阻止你，这是个美好的想法。

I sent my Soul through the Invisible, Some letter of that After-life to spell: And by and by my Soul return'd to me, And answer'd "I Myself am Heav'n and Hell."

The farmer is the only man in our economy who has to buy everything at retail, sell everything at wholesale, and pay the freight both ways.

我不喜欢做简单的事情。我喜欢做有挑战性并能推动我的事情。

Art is the only place where failure is celebrated.

我们有责任在应对气候变化的同时提供可靠且负担得起的能源。

"The truth is, we are all connected in ways we can't even begin to understand."

Nothing is funnier than unhappiness.