"The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth."

The great and chief end, therefore, of men's uniting into commonwealths and putting themselves under government is the preservation of their property.

Quality is not an end in itself; it is a means to an end.

还有一些其他的理由，使得我们更难获得平静。这有些矛盾，因为拥有自己的事业，是一件不错的事，但同时，人们也从未对自己的短暂一生有过这么高的期待。

The idea of revolution is an adolescent fantasy.

The only real freedom is the freedom to imagine.

大陆漂移的第一个概念早在1910年就浮现在我的脑海中，当时我在观察世界地图时，受到大西洋两岸海岸线吻合的直接印象的启发。