历史学家是回望过去的先知。
The historian is a prophet looking backward.
民主是最糟糕的政府形式，除了所有其他时不时被尝试过的形式。
You’ve got to have models in your head. And you’ve got to array your experience—both vicarious and direct—on this latticework of models. You may have noticed students who just try to remember and pound back what is remembered. Well, they fail in school and in life. You’ve got to hang experience on a latticework of models in your mind.
The future of food security lies beneath the waves, if we're willing to cultivate it responsibly.
我们都身处阴沟，但仍有人仰望星空。
"I don't want to be a star—I want to be a legend."
The task of philosophy is to make the world more human.