Now Bubba told me everything he knew about shrimping, but you know what I found out? Shrimping is tough. I only caught five.

我认为没有什么比发明家看到自己脑中的创造逐渐走向成功时更令人心潮澎湃的了。

关于明天最伟大的事情是我会比今天更好。

书本身不是目的，它是一种唤起的手段。

The desire for recognition, the thymotic part of the soul, is what drives human history.

效率（的重要性）被过度强调了，而放空（的重要性）则被严重低估了。定期的周日安息、职业年假、度假出游、工作日中的茶歇、漫无目的的散步和离开工作的时间，对一切领域获得顶级成就都极其重要。最好的工作，需要有良好的休息作为保障。

The truth is always exciting. Speak it, then. Life is dull without it.

The horror of the Twentieth Century was the size of each new event, and the paucity of its reverberation.