History is not the past—it is the method we have evolved of organizing our ignorance of the past.
历史不是过去——它是我们为组织对过去的无知而演变出的方法。
Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard.
现代国家的特点是其能够以前现代国家无法做到的方式集中和使用权力。
Understanding the function of the mind is like mapping the stars - the patterns reveal the purpose.
A great novel is one that refuses to be reduced to a single meaning.
I'm not a celebrity, I'm a legend.
在地球物理学中,我们处理的是物理原理在地球研究中的应用。