出自先秦《荀子·哀公》。鸟被逼得走投无路之时就会用嘴啄人，兽到困窘之时就会用爪抓人，人到穷困潦倒之时就会设计骗人。以鸟兽困窘之时的行为为喻，说明人到穷困潦倒之时便会放弃道德操守的原因。

Architecture is about creating order out of chaos.

I constantly see people rise in life who are not the smartest, sometimes not even the most diligent, but they are learning machines. They go to bed every night a little wiser than they were when they got up and boy does that help, particularly when you have a long run ahead of you.

基础结构决定论原则认为，社会文化系统的结构受人口、技术和环境相互作用的影响最为强烈。

The death of a beautiful woman is, unquestionably, the most poetical topic in the world.