在你雇用人之前，你需要确认他的三项素质：正直诚实，聪明能干，精力充沛。但是最重要的是正直诚实，因为如果他不正直诚实而又具备了聪明能干和精力充沛，你的好日子也就到头了。
In looking for someone to hire, you look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence, and energy. But the most important is integrity because if they don't have that, the other two qualities, intelligence and energy, are going to kill you.
信任的人不忠诚,忠诚的人不信任。
如果一个国家期望在国民无知的情况下却拥有自由，那么这种期望无论在历史上，还是未来都绝不会实现。如果我们打算抵御无知和捍卫自由，每位美国人都有责任了解一件公共事务的来龙去脉。
语言是我们居住的房子，而诗歌是窗户。
建筑总是政治的，因为它关乎我们如何共同生活。
The greatest works are those that are still being read long after their authors have died.