Not necessarily your mother, or indeed mine, but, as it were, the ideal mother, somebody who doesn't care about your achievements. Unfortunately, most people are not our mothers. Most people make a strict correlation between how much time, and if you like, love -- not romantic love, though that may be something -- but love in general, respect --they are willing to accord us, that will be strictly defined by our position in the social hierarchy.

The essence of power is the ability to make others do what they do not want to do.

Curiosity drives science, but ethics must guide it.

Failure is just a stepping stone to success.

变老的好处之一就是你可以畅所欲言而不必担心后果。