出自《史记·货殖列传》，马伯庸在作品中引用。

这些人很少不是死于自己的所长，所以说，事业达到顶峰就难以持久。守住成功很难，站得更高，看到的风景就更多，面对的诱惑更大，某种诱惑确实能满足你当前的需要，但却会妨碍达到更大的成功或更长久的幸福，这个时候，守住寂寞往往就意味着守住成功。一个人是这样，一个企业也是如此。

"The past is never dead. It's not even past."

译文：即使是钝刀，也希望能有一次锋利的机会；梦想着施展抱负，实现宏伟的计划。

Policymakers should be open to revising their views based on new evidence.

The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing.

You have to accept that sometimes you are the pigeon, and sometimes you are the statue.