The power of a programming language is not in its syntax, but in the abstractions it provides.
编程语言的力量不在于它的语法，而在于它提供的抽象。
The poet is the guardian of human emotions.
You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end, each of us must work for our own improvement and, at the same time, share a general responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to whom we think we can be most useful.
每个家庭都是一座闹鬼的房子。
真正的智能一定是能够理解、推理和决策的。
2005年：贝索斯致股东信《尽管是数字在发挥作用，但决策因素还是“判断”》
The beginning is the most important part of the work.