有时保持理智的唯一方法就是偶尔发疯。

51 Pegasi b的发现是天文学的一个转折点，证明了行星可以存在于类似太阳的恒星周围。

The number one organ of ridicule, nowadays, is the newspaper. If you open the newspaper any day of the week, it's full of people who've messed up their lives. They've slept with the wrong person, taken the wrong substance, passed the wrong piece of legislation -- whatever it is, and then are fit for ridicule. In other words, they have failed. And they are described as "losers." Now, is there any alternative to this? I think the Western tradition shows us one glorious alternative, which is tragedy.

没有什么能阻挡一个拥有正确心态的人实现目标；世界上没有什么能帮助一个心态错误的人。