Democracy is not just voting, it's a way of life based on the respect of diversity and tolerance.
The poet's task is to find the eternal in the transient.
The rat in the maze is not just learning a series of turns, but is building up a cognitive map of the whole situation.
函数是一种对应规则，通过它当给定任何东西（作为参数）时，可以获得另一个东西（该参数的函数值）。
You can't just sit there and wait for people to give you that golden dream. You've got to get out there and make it happen for yourself.
The most important computer is the one that rages in our skulls and ever seeks that satisfactory external emulator. The standarization of real computers would be a disaster - and so it probably won't happen.
"I'm drawn to stories that have a kind of moral ambiguity, where the lines between right and wrong are blurred."