The quality of ideas seems to play a minor role in mass movement leadership. What counts is the arrogant gesture, the complete disregard of the opinion of others, the singlehanded defiance of the world.

A distributed system is one in which the failure of a computer you didn’t even know existed can render your own computer unusable.

实验室里的科学家不仅仅是一个技术人员：他还是一个面对自然现象的孩子，这些现象给他留下了深刻的印象，就像它们是童话故事一样。

沉默是轻蔑最完美的表达。

Don't you be afraid, sweet heart. Death is just a part of life. Something we're all destined to do. I didn't know it, but I was destined to be your mama. I did the best I could. Well...I happen to believe you make your own destiny. You have to do the best with what God gave you.

家庭是一个生产和消费商品与服务的小工厂。

诗歌的美在于其模糊性。