Over the centuries the Indians developed sign language for communicating phenomena of interest. Programmers from different tribes (FORTRAN, LISP, ALGOL, SNOBOL, etc.) could use one that doesn't require them to carry a blackboard on their ponies.

过去的33年里，我每天早晨都会看着镜子问自己：“如果今天是我生命中的最后一天，我会想做今天将要做的事吗？”每当答案连续很多天都是“否”时，我知道我需要改变一些事情。

Scientific rigor must never be compromised by commercial pressures.

改良植物育种的秘诀，除了科学知识外，就是爱。

I'm not a person who likes to be second.