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！"

最好的故事是那些挑战我们的认知并迫使我们以不同的方式看待世界的故事。

洞察力是对问题各部分之间关系的突然理解。

我们今天关于海洋资源的每一个决定都会产生涟漪，影响子孙后代。

永远面朝阳光，阴影就会落在你身后。

我不想成为明星，我想成为传奇。