今若使天下之人偕若信鬼神之能赏贤而罚暴也，则夫天下岂乱哉。

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！"

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！"

杰夫·贝索斯

我从没见过哪个人我认为是不美的。

安迪·沃霍尔

The more you know, the more you grow.

知道得越多，成长得越快。

约翰·迪尔

向往的就是统治，即使到了地狱，统治地狱也比在天堂服务强。

弥尔顿

地理环境的变迁，往往与人类活动密切相关，二者相互作用，共同塑造了历史的进程。

谭其骧

真正的工艺在于让困难的事情看起来毫不费力。

True craftsmanship lies in making the difficult look effortless.