They are proof that the best thing that can happen to a man is to be born lucky.

VOA: special.2010.03.27

So, even if we were to agree with the pessimists that it would be better never to have been born at all, as the old joke goes, show me one person in a thousand who's so lucky, right?

所以，即使我们要同意悲观主义者的观点,根本不出生更好，就像老笑话讲的那样，给我千里挑一找到一个走运的人？

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选