Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, becasue they have to say something.
聪明人说话,是因为有些话要说;蠢人说话,则因为要说些话。
We Irish are too poetical to be poets; we are a nation of brilliant failures, but we are the greatest talkers since the Greeks.
我们从这样的假设开始:任何学科都可以以某种智力上诚实的形式有效地教给处于任何发展阶段的任何孩子。
In the depth of the valley is the road to salvation.
The reality is: sometimes you lose. And you're never too good to lose. You're never too big to lose. You're never too smart to lose. It happens.
"The writer's job is to make the ordinary extraordinary."