"To be useful was the best thing the old men ever hoped for themselves, and to be aimless was their worst fear."

It is not a language's weakness but its strengths that control the gradient of its change: Alas, a language never escapes its embryonic sac.

I think that's the single most important thing about writing: it's about making the familiar strange and the strange familiar.

建筑关乎时间，关乎事物如何随时间变化。

建筑中最重要的是创造场所感，一种你属于那里的感觉。

科学家价值的真正衡量标准不在于所获得的荣誉，而在于他们的工作对世界的影响。

The writer must be a perpetual beginner, always doubting, always searching.

The dog is called Sandy. I like Sandy. He is not clever but he is very cheerful.

The companies that will thrive are those that see environmental regulations as opportunities, not obstacles.

Introspection is the only method by which the mind can be directly observed.