There's a tendency to think that our present politicians are much worse than we had in the past.But we tend to forget how awful our politicians were in the past.

 “您90多岁了还坚持工作，您的动力来自哪里？您的初心是什么？”洛阳一群“90后”青年看望陈俊武时问道。

At that age， I'd take any excuse to make estimates and do minor arithmetic. I'd calculate our gas mileage -- figure out useless statistics on things like grocery spending. I'd been hearing an ad campaign about smoking. I can't remember the details， but basically the ad said， every puff of a cigarette takes some number of minutes off of your life: I think it might have been two minutes per puff. At any rate， I decided to do the math for my grandmother. I estimated the number of cigarettes per days， estimated the number of puffs per cigarette and so on. When I was satisfied that I'd come up with a reasonable number， I poked my head into the front of the car， tapped my grandmother on the shoulder， and proudly proclaimed， "At two minutes per puff， you've taken nine years off your life！"

"I can resist everything except temptation."

I don't do things for the reaction or the criticism. I'm in this for the long haul.

The quality of a country's institutions is the single most important determinant of its long-term economic performance.

我是那种会让你打电话给你女朋友并告诉她你爱她的人。

The best fiction makes the familiar strange and the strange familiar.