The dominant kind of snobbery that exists nowadays is job snobbery. You encounter it within minutes at a party, when you get asked that famous iconic question of the early 21st century, "What do you do?" According to how you answer that question, people are either incredibly delighted to see you, or look at their watch and make their excuses.
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。
我们不需要更多标志性建筑，我们需要更多好建筑。
"We are all apprentices in a craft where no one becomes a master."
自然定律相对于参考系变换的对称性是物理学最基本的原理之一。
我不需要许可来闪耀。
任何事件的概率是依赖于该事件发生的期望值与事件发生时预期值之间的比率。
"The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it."
我在华尔街作为物理学家学到的最重要的一课是，市场不是物理学。