"History is not a linear path; it spirals, trapping us in its cycles until we confront its ghosts."

Look at me.We all have marks on our face. I have this wrinkle here from your first surgery.I have these wrinkles here from your last surgery. This is the map that shows us where we’ve going.And this is the map that shows us where we’ve been.And it’s never ever ugly.

最成功的意识形态效果是那些不需要言语，只需默许沉默的效果。

The most successful modern states are those that have been able to harness the power of the market while maintaining a strong state capable of enforcing rules and providing public goods.

The true end of satire is the amendment of vices by correction.

The theatre is the most immediate way in which a human being can share with another the sense of what it is to be a human being.

任何一个有智力的笨蛋都可以把事情搞得更大，更复杂，也更激烈。往相反的方向前进则需要天份，以及很大的勇气。