The beauty of auctions is that they reveal hidden information.

"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars."

The world has the technology - either available or well advanced in the research pipeline - to feed on a sustainable basis a population of 10 billion people.

译文：清贫的生活，对读书人来说，就是顺境；节俭的日子，对种田人来说，就是丰收的年岁。赏析：读书要耐得住寂寞。清贫的生活能排除浮华奢糜之事，否则只会扰乱身心与学业。节俭是良好的美德，也是人类生存之需要。如果平常俭约，有所积蓄，即使是收成很差，也能丰衣足食。假如不懂得节俭，泿费粮食，即使年年丰收，也会缺衣少食。

Silence is the loudest sound of all.

"My paintings are my children, each with its own soul."

我喜欢压力。我喜欢重要时刻。我喜欢那种感觉。

The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.