大多数人的问题在于他们用希望、恐惧或愿望思考，而不是用头脑。

谁笑到最后，谁笑得最好。

作家的职责是打破平静。

To utter a performative is not to make a statement， and therefore the utterance of a performative is neither true nor false.

You can't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands. You need to be able to throw something back.

生活中的唯一限制是你为自己设定的限制。

Every person you meet knows an amazing lot about something you know virtually nothing about. Your job is to discover what it is， and it won’t be obvious.