消灭一个民族的第一步是抹去它的记忆。摧毁它的书籍、文化、历史。然后让某人写新书，制造新文化，发明新历史。不久之后，这个国家就会开始忘记它是什么以及它曾经是什么。它周围的世界会忘记得更快。

All men have the stars, but they are not the same things for different people. For some, who are travelers, the stars are guides. For others they are no more than little lights in the sky. For others, who are scholars, they are problems. For my businessman they were wealth.

技术应该服务于人，而不是反过来。

最终，自然界将决定弦理论是否是对宇宙的正确描述。