To be conservative, then, is to prefer the familiar to the unknown, to prefer the tried to the untried, fact to mystery, the actual to the possible, the limited to the unbounded, the near to the distant, the sufficient to the superabundant, the convenient to the perfect, present laughter to utopian bliss.
保守主义就是偏爱熟悉而非陌生，偏爱经过尝试而非未经尝试，偏爱事实而非神秘，偏爱实际而非可能，偏爱有限而非无限，偏爱近处而非远方，偏爱足够而非过剩，偏爱便利而非完美，偏爱当下的欢笑而非乌托邦的幸福。
A company's culture is defined by the actions of its leaders.
The middle of every successful project looks like a disaster.
People are not lazy. They simply have impotent goals - that is, goals that do not inspire them.
穷人不是需要解决的问题，而是需要拥抱的机会。
他让自己被一种信念所左右，即人类并非在母亲生下他们的那一天就一劳永逸地诞生了，而是生活迫使他们一次又一次地重生自己。
最深的伤口是看不见的。
We've been warned against offering the people of this nation false hope. But in the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope.