"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars."

Variant: All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion and desire.

The opinions of the wise are alike, but fools have their own way.

能源的未来不仅仅是开采，还包括可持续性和对资源的负责任管理。

"A story has no beginning or end: arbitrarily one chooses that moment of experience from which to look back or from which to look ahead."

我们对自己说的最大谎言是 "这不需要写下来，我能记住的"。（换言之：好脑子不如烂笔头。）