Worth repeating: measure twice， cut once.

For me they normally happen, these career crises, often, actually, on a Sunday evening, just as the sun is starting to set, and the gap between my hopes for myself and the reality of my life starts to diverge so painfully that I normally end up weeping into a pillow.

写作是一种思考的方式，是一种解决问题的方式。

Every failure in the lab brings us one step closer to success.

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.

The novel is a mirror walking down the road.

The role of the economist is part scientist, part engineer.