获得智慧是一种道德责任，它不仅仅是为了让你们的生活变得更加美好。有一个相关的道理非常重要，那就是你们必须坚持终身学习。如果不终身学习，你们将不会取得很高的成就。光靠已有的知识，你们在生活中走不了多远。
Wisdom acquisition is a moral duty. It’s not something you do just to advance in life. And there’s a corollary to that proposition which is very important. It means that you’re hooked for lifetime learning, and without lifetime learning you people are not going to do very well. You are not going to get very far in life based on what you already know.
Every decision we make in fisheries management echoes through the entire marine ecosystem.
你不需要很厉害才能开始，但你必须开始才能变得厉害。
一个人通过拒绝崇拜上帝无法减少祂的荣耀，就像一个疯子通过在牢房的墙上写下“黑暗”不能让太阳消失一样。
I believe that we are lost here in America, but I believe we shall be found.