世界上最有价值的资源不再是石油，而是数据。

在科学的世界里，合作是解开生命秘密的关键。

独裁和真正的文学是不相容的。作家是独裁的天敌。

On pivoting: "If you're not stubborn， you'll give up on experiments too soon. And if you're not flexible， you'll pound your head against the wall and you won't see a different solution to a problem you're trying to solve."

过去是远处的一支蜡烛：近得让你无法放弃，远得无法给你安慰。

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！"

比不正义更糟糕的只有一件事，那就是正义女神的手上没有持剑。当权力少了力量，那就是罪恶。