I have come to realise that men are not born to be free.

——在逆境中始终百折不挠，1913年

A good chemist is a lazy chemist—always looking for the easiest way to do things.

Every detail in a building must have a purpose, a meaning.

All great art and literature is propaganda.

如果土地出现了不协调的情况，宁可干燥，也不要等到了其湿润的时候，再去种植农作物。

世界上充满了神奇的事物，耐心地等待着我们的感官变得更加敏锐。

追求数学知识是一段永无止境的旅程。

I want to run a good race, a race that people will remember.

计算复杂性的美在于它能够揭示问题的固有难度，而不管用于解决这些问题的具体算法是什么。