The challenge in auction theory is to balance simplicity with strategic sophistication.

Success is a function of persistence and doggedness and the willingness to work hard for twenty-two minutes to make sense of something that most people would give up on after thirty seconds.

译文：用平和的态度待人接物，不要违背习俗，自视清高；以正直的心态对人，不要故意算计别人，自以为很聪明。赏析：做人就要低调谦恭，不可恃才傲物，更不可处处算计别人，否则，终究会被别人算计，严重者会给自己带来无边的祸患。

"Truth is like poetry. And most people fucking hate poetry."

The world is not a problem to be solved; it is a living being to which we belong.

"There are better starters than me but I'm a strong finisher."

A writer is, after all, only half his book. The other half is the reader and from the reader the writer learns.