The secret of a good old age is simply an honorable pact with solitude.

If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman.

新闻自由是英国人所有的公民、政治和宗教权利的保障。

——温铁军2002年6月温铁军在清华大学的一次讲座

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.'