The best time to negotiate your salary for a new job is the moment AFTER they say they want you， and not before. Then it becomes a game of chicken for each side to name an amount first， but it is to your advantage to get them to give a number before you do.

The concept of progress is inseparable from the concept of catastrophe.

我的信念是：做自己，总会有人欣赏。

当别人拒绝你的时候，不要在意。假设他们和你一样：忙碌、没时间、注意力分散。稍后再试一次，很神奇，第二次尝试往往会成功。

"The marks humans leave are too often scars."

一个好的工程师是能把挫折转化为灵感的人。