理论计算机科学的重要性在于它能够为实际应用提供基础。

在旧世界，你将30%的时间用于提供优质的服务，70%的时间用于宣传。在新世界，这个比例颠倒了。

We are all creatures of our landscape; it dictates behavior and even thought in the measure to which we are responsive to it.

To write is to explore the boundaries of the self.

You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one.

在一场较量中如果获胜变得太过重要，就应该改变规则，使较量变得更有趣。改变规则可以成为新的游戏。

数学家是模式的创造者，就像画家或诗人一样。