人往往将现况归咎于环境因素，但我不相信环境因素这回事。那些出类拔萃的人会去找些他们要的环境因素，如果找不到，他们会去创造他们要的环境因素。
People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them.
译文：厚道的人，福泽深厚；刻薄的人，福薄命浅。
Language is not a cultural artifact that we learn the way we learn to tell time or how the federal government works. Instead, it is a distinct piece of the biological makeup of our brains.
