The sea is a vast machine, and the winds are its mainspring.
海洋是一台巨大的机器，而风是其主发条。
任何牺牲基本自由以换取短暂安全的人，最后既得不到安全也得不到自由。（放弃基本的自由以换取苟安的人，终归失去自由，也得不到安全。）
I would rather be right than consistent.
It's on the strength of observation and reflection that one finds a way. So we must dig and delve unceasingly.
The end of history will be a very sad time. The struggle for recognition, the willingness to risk one's life for a purely abstract goal, the worldwide ideological struggle that called forth daring, courage, imagination, and idealism, will be replaced by economic calculation, the endless solving of technical problems, environmental concerns, and the satisfaction of sophisticated consumer demands.
有一个现象的明显程度已经让我毛骨悚然，这便是我们的人性已经远远落后我们的科学技术了。
在成功撮合首都公司与ABC合并后，巴菲特说
我们的正常之处，就在于自己懂得自己的不正常。
我喜欢竞争。我喜欢那种刺激感。我喜欢挑战。我喜欢压力。