Quality is conformance to requirements, not goodness.

I'm not going to change who I am just because people want me to be something else.

每个人都不断努力为自己所能支配的资本找到最有利的用途。当然，他所考虑的是自身的利益。但是，他对自身利益的关注自然会，或者说，必然会使他青睐最利于社会的用途。这就像“有一只无形的手”在引导着他去尽力达到一个他并不想要达到的目的。

That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a little run. So I ran to the end of the road, and when I got there, I thought maybe I'd run to the end of town. And when I got there, I thought maybe I'd just run across Greenbow County. Now, I figured since I'd run this far, maybe I'd just run across the great state of Alabama. And that's what I did. I ran clear across Alabama. No particular reason. I just kept on going. I ran clear to the ocean. And when I got there, I figured since I'd gone this far, might as well turn around, just keep on going. And when I got to another ocean, I figured since I'd gone this far... I might as well just turn back and keep right on going. When I got tired, I slept. When I got hungry, I ate. When I had to go... you know... I went.

那一天，不知什么原因，我决定出去跑一趟，所以我跑到路的尽头。当我到达那里，我想也许我能跑到城边；而当我到达那里，我想也许我能跑遍绿茵县；这时我想既然我跑了那么远，也许我可以跑遍亚拉巴马州。我就这么做了。我横越整个亚拉巴马，不知什么原因，我继续跑，我一直跑到大海；当我到达那里，我想既然我跑了那么远，也许不如掉头继续跑，然后当我跑到另一个大海；我想既然我跑了那么远，我也许不如掉头，继续跑下去。当我累了，我就睡觉；当我饿了，我就吃饭；当我想去…你知道…我就去。

温斯顿·格鲁姆

To feed the world, we must first respect the resources we have.

要养活世界，我们必须首先尊重我们所拥有的资源。

马克西姆·里维耶

实验室里的失败不是挫折，而是数据。

Failure in the lab is not defeat; it’s data.

路易斯·布鲁斯

The course of history is the slow march of freedom.

历史的进程是自由的缓慢行进。

特奥多尔·蒙森

做大事和做小事的难度是一样的。两者都会消耗你的时间和精力，所以如果决心做事，就要做大事，要确保你的梦想值得追求，未来的收获可以配得上你的努力。

苏世民