"Our industry does not respect tradition—it only respects innovation."

今日最主要的势利，就是对职业的势利。你在派对中不用一分钟就能体会到，当你被问到这个21世纪初，最有代表性的问题：你是做什么的？你的答案将会决定对方接下来的反应，对方可能对你在场感到荣幸，或是开始看表，然后想个借口离开。

To men like that, time was a surfeit, a barrel they watched slowly drain. When really, he thinks, it’s a glowing puddle you carry in your hands; you should spend all your energy protecting it.

煤炭研究和DNA工作同样重要。

数学的美在于它能够用一种既精确又普遍的语言来描述宇宙。