Is there any relief from some of thesepressures that I've been outlining? I think there is. I just want to turn to afew of them. Let's take meritocracy. This idea that everybody deserves to getwhere they get to, I think it's a crazy idea, completely crazy. I will support any politician of Left and Right, with any halfway-decent meritocratic idea; I am a meritocrat in that sense. But I think it's insane to believe that we will ever make a society that is genuinely meritocratic; it's an impossible dream.
把所有的鸡蛋放在一个篮子里是可以的，只要你能控制那个篮子。
"The more you know, the less you understand."
The law isn't justice. It's a very imperfect mechanism. If you press exactly the right buttons and are also lucky, justice may show up in the answer.
The best ideas come from the intersection of art and science.
Never compromise your integrity for short-term gain.
The only thing that can make you a better person is yourself.