Don’t wait for opportunities—create them.

设计不仅仅是让事物变得美丽，更是让它们更好地运作。

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！"

"Celebrity is a mask that eats into the face."

出自晋·葛洪《抱朴子·应嘲》。虽说昆山的玉石很多，但不能救济原宪的贫穷。喻指毫无价值的空话。

The most successful leaders are those who listen more than they speak.