写作是一种反抗的行为。

Is there any relief from some of thesepressures that I've been outlining? I think there is. I just want to turn to afew of them. Let's take meritocracy. This idea that everybody deserves to getwhere they get to, I think it's a crazy idea, completely crazy. I will support any politician of Left and Right, with any halfway-decent meritocratic idea; I am a meritocrat in that sense. But I think it's insane to believe that we will ever make a society that is genuinely meritocratic; it's an impossible dream.

事实上，自然科学长期以来只是大脑和想象力的产物：现在是时候回归到对物质和显而易见事物的朴素而健全的观察了。

创新是企业的灵魂，没有创新就没有未来。

I always try to give 100%, no matter the circumstances.

在科学管理下，旧式的独裁者不存在。

The anarchic nature of the international system means that states must rely on self-help to ensure their survival.