The selfish gene theory is not a theory about selfishness in the everyday sense. It is a theory about the evolution of behavior.

金融危机往往是由恐慌驱动的自我实现预言。

In a way, if you like, at one end of the spectrum of sympathy, you've got the tabloid newspaper. At the other end of the spectrum, you've got tragedy and tragic art. And I suppose I'm arguing that we should learn a little bit about what's happening in tragic art. It would be insane to call Hamlet a loser. He is not a loser, though he has lost. And I think that is the message of tragedy to us, and why it's so very, very important, I think.

小说是生命的一本明亮的书。书不是生命。它们只是以太上的颤动。