So if you end up not doing well, the moral of the story is not to go running off and dropping the class, but to figure out what you did right, what you didn't do right, how to make the second paper better and the third paper stronger, again.

所以如果你们最终没有得到好成绩，这个课程不是让你们退却或是退课，但是去想想你所做的对的事，和不对的事，和怎么样让接下来的论文写得更好。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

You are saying that's one of the things that would've been better if... And making it permanent. -Right And that's the very good sort of bang for buck, permanent tax change So you both view this actually as a missed opportunity, at best really, right? -Yeah It's the best it can be said for. Alright.

你的意思是，有些事原本可以做得更好,这个是其中之一，对吗。,关键在于任何措施都必须是长期的，-没错,恒定的税率改制，绝对划算,这么说，你们两位都认为,这充其量只是错失良机而已，对吗，-没错,也只能这么说说了，是吧。

斯坦福公开课 - 经济学课程节选