最高的目的是根本没有目的。这使人与自然的运作方式一致。

The number one organ of ridicule, nowadays, is the newspaper. If you open the newspaper any day of the week, it's full of people who've messed up their lives. They've slept with the wrong person, taken the wrong substance, passed the wrong piece of legislation -- whatever it is, and then are fit for ridicule. In other words, they have failed. And they are described as "losers." Now, is there any alternative to this? I think the Western tradition shows us one glorious alternative, which is tragedy.

The difference between a policy and a crusade is that a policy is judged by its results, while a crusade is judged by how good it makes its crusaders feel.

历史的伤痕并非总是可见的，但它们始终存在。

The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.

‘杰夫，第二天是什么样子的？’‘第二天是停滞。然后是无关紧要。然后是痛苦的衰退。然后是死亡。这就是为什么我们总是在第一天。’确实，这种衰退会以极其缓慢的速度发生。一个成熟的公司可能会收割第二天几十年，但最终结果仍然会到来。