虽小道，必有可观者焉；致远恐泥，是以君子不为也。
即使是小小的技艺，也一定有值得一看的地方。但对于远大的事业恐怕有所阻碍，所以君子不去干这些。
作家必须是一个永远的外来者，所有正统观念的批评者。
姚明的英语越来越好，一位记者不识时务的问道：“你（姚明）现在是不是觉得英文比中文说的更加流利？”姚明马上对着身边的翻译科林说道
The capital market should perform its function of resource allocation well.
Civilization as it is known today could not have evolved, nor can it survive, without an adequate food supply.
心灵是大自然对生存挑战的回应。
The poet is a dreamer who dreams with open eyes, and who sees the world not as it is, but as it could be.
绝不能为了短期利益而牺牲质量。