I'm not a hero, I'm just a man who sings about them.

2000年10月29日，在南京大学捐资设立杨振宁奖学金时，杨振宁表示，虽然我父亲是大学教授，但因为通货膨胀，家里很穷，生活很艰苦，是奖学金帮我度过了难关。近几年多次在大陆访问，看到不少青年学生因家境困难而影响学业，感到很伤心，所以就有了这么个想法。杨振宁说

史记

We are all born with a certain package. We are who we are: where we were born, who we were born as, how we were raised. We're kind of stuck inside that person, and the purpose of civilization and growth is to be able to reach out and empathize a little bit with other people.

我不是英雄，我只是一个普通人。

Every detail counts because God is in the details.

Today is cruel, tomorrow is crueler, and the day after tomorrow is beautiful. But most people will die tomorrow night, so don't give up today.

Acting is not about being someone different. It's finding the similarity in what is apparently different, then finding myself in there.

我是明天，或未来的某一天，我今天所建立的。我是今天，我昨天或前几天所建立的。