I think what I like to tell students is to consider what they're passionate about, what special areas of giftedness they have, and what drives your economic engine.

我想我喜欢告诉学生们的是,想想他们对什么充满激情，他们在什么特别领域中有天赋，还有是什么发动了你的经济马达。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

I've explained my embarrassment about using terms that I really have no absolutely no idea of the meaning of except that I'm told what the meaning of them is in the books that I am reading, which are the same books that you're reading.

我已经解释过了，用这些我完全不知道什么意思的词,真的很尴尬，除非有人告诉我他们是什么意思,就像这本书里说的那样,而我读的这本书，也就是你们现在也在读的。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选