人间的事物，每一种消失都是静悄悄的，又那样不可抗拒。 - 每日文摘

你不懂写信的艺术，像“请你莫怪我，我不肯嫁你”这种句子，怎么可以放在信的开头地方呢？你试想一想，要是我这信偶尔被别人在旁边偷看见了，开头第一句便是这样的话，我要不要难为情？

Make decisions when you are ready, not under pressure. Others will always push you to make a decision for their own purposes, internal politics, or some other external need. But you can almost always say, “I need a little more time to think about this. I’ll get back to you.” This tactic is very effective at defusing even the most difficult and uncomfortable situations.

要在准备好时做出决定，而不是在压力之下。或为了达到个人目的，或因为内部斗争，或因为一些外部需求，其他人总会催促你做出决策。但几乎每次你都可以这么说：“我需要更多的时间来考虑这个问题。我想清楚了再回复你。”即使是在最艰难、最令人不快的情况下，这种策略也非常有效。

苏世民

人是掰扯不得的，掰扯了别人，就是掰扯了自己。

刘震云

点滴芭蕉心欲碎，声声催忆当初。欲眠还展旧时书。鸳鸯小字，犹记手生疏。倦眼乍低缃帙乱，重看一半模糊。幽窗冷雨一灯孤。料应情尽，还道有情无？

纳兰性德

The most profound ideas in mathematics often come from asking the simplest questions.

数学中最深刻的思想往往来自最简单的问题。

希勒尔·弗斯滕伯格

那就这样吧，别悲天悯人，自叹命薄了。你还年轻，依旧漂亮。

王朔

We recently greenlit a particular Amazon Studios original. I told the team my view: debatable whether it would be interesting enough, complicated to produce, business terms aren't that good, we have lots of other opportunities. They had a completely different opinion and wanted to go ahead. I wrote back right away with 'I disagree and commit and hope it becomes the most watched thing we've ever made.' Consider how much slower this decision cycle would have been if the team had actually had to convince me rather than simply get my commitment.

我们最近批准了一个特定的亚马逊工作室原创。我告诉团队我的观点：是否足够有趣值得商榷，制作复杂，商业条款不是那么好，我们有很多其他的机会。他们有完全不同的意见，想要继续。我立即回复说‘我不同意并承诺，希望它成为我们制作过的最受欢迎的东西。’考虑一下，如果团队实际上必须说服我，而不仅仅是得到我的承诺，这个决策周期会慢多少。