The invention of the cotton gin was a mere accident; I was then young and very poor, and it was a great object with me to realize something from it.
轧棉机的发明纯属偶然；那时我还很年轻，非常贫穷，对我来说从中实现一些价值是一个重要的目标。
可持续性不是一种选择，而是我们对后代的责任。
"The most important thing in science is not to be right, but to be curious."
素描是艺术的诚实。没有欺骗的可能。它要么好，要么坏。
To men like that, time was a surfeit, a barrel they watched slowly drain. When really, he thinks, it’s a glowing puddle you carry in your hands; you should spend all your energy protecting it.
——在上海中国国民党本部会议演说，1920年11月4日