这本书的前提是,识别别人的错误比识别自己的错误更容易。
Innovation is not just about new products; it's about rethinking how we live and work.
The way to succeed is to double your failure rate.
在那样的年纪,我会找任何借口做些估测或者小算术。我会计算油耗还有杂货花销等鸡毛蒜皮的小事。我听过一个有关吸烟的广告。我记不得细节了,但是广告大意是说,每吸一口香烟会减少几分钟的寿命,大概是两分钟。无论如何,我决定为祖母做个算术。我估测了祖母每天要吸几支香烟,每支香烟要吸几口等等,然后心满意足地得出了一个合理的数字。接着,我捅了捅坐在前面的祖母的头,又拍了拍她的肩膀,然后骄傲地宣称,"每天吸两分钟的烟,你就少活九年!"
"Writing is a way of thinking, a way of understanding the world."
The most perfect education, in my opinion, is such an exercise of the understanding as is best calculated to strengthen the body and form the heart.