You have to figure out what your own aptitudes are. If you play games where other people have the aptitudes and you don’t， you’re going to lose. And that’s as close to certain as any prediction that you can make. You have to figure out where you’ve got an edge. And you’ve got to play within your own circle of competence.
你必须弄清楚你自己的天赋是什么。如果你玩的游戏是别人有天赋而你没有的，你就会输。这几乎是你能做出的任何预测中最接近确定的。你必须弄清楚你在哪里有优势。你必须在你自己的能力圈内玩。
文学的本质在于捕捉人类存在的短暂瞬间，并通过文字赋予它们永恒。
I don't believe in pessimism. If something doesn't come up the way you want, forge ahead. If you think it's going to rain, it will.
科学与技术的进步并不意味着大多数人生活中智识复杂度的增加。通常恰好相反。
The dairy industry must evolve with technology, or it risks becoming obsolete.
Our experience tends to confirm a long-held notion that being prepared, on a few occasions in a lifetime, to act promptly in scale, in doing some simple and logical thing, will often dramatically improve the financial results of that lifetime.
当今能源领域的领导力既需要技术专长，也需要道德勇气。
最有趣的艺术存在于已说和未说之间的空间。
The most exciting discoveries often come from looking at old problems in completely new ways.
You can’t let success get to your head and failure to your heart.