Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.
事实是顽固的东西；无论我们的愿望、倾向或激情的驱使如何，它们都无法改变事实和证据的状态。
从更糟到更好的改变也并非没有不便。
在商业中，就像在生活中一样，关系是一切的基础。
每位科学家都有责任考虑他们工作的更广泛影响。
The true artist helps the world by revealing mystic truths.
预测未来的唯一方法是有能力塑造它。
生活是世界上最罕见的事情。大多数人只是存在，仅此而已。
At that age， I'd take any excuse to make estimates and do minor arithmetic. I'd calculate our gas mileage -- figure out useless statistics on things like grocery spending. I'd been hearing an ad campaign about smoking. I can't remember the details， but basically the ad said， every puff of a cigarette takes some number of minutes off of your life: I think it might have been two minutes per puff. At any rate， I decided to do the math for my grandmother. I estimated the number of cigarettes per days， estimated the number of puffs per cigarette and so on. When I was satisfied that I'd come up with a reasonable number， I poked my head into the front of the car， tapped my grandmother on the shoulder， and proudly proclaimed， "At two minutes per puff， you've taken nine years off your life！"