In a way, I've got some bad news, particularly to anybody who's come to Oxford from abroad. There's a real problem with snobbery, because sometimes people from outside the U.K. imagine that snobbery is a distinctively U.K. phenomenon, fixated on country houses and titles. The bad news is that's not true. Snobbery is a global phenomenon; we area global organization, this is a global phenomenon. What is a snob? A snob is anybody who takes a small part of you, and uses that to come to a complete vision of who you are. That is snobbery.

If you want to understand function, study structure.

Leadership means making tough decisions today that will benefit future generations.

I always tell my kids if you lay down, people will step over you. But if you keep scrambling, if you keep going, someone will always, always help you.

理论最重要的一点是它能解释事实。

美国正在经历政治衰败的危机，其机构越来越功能失调，无法应对国家的挑战。