The biggest risk in banking is not lending to bad borrowers, but borrowing from flighty lenders.

I don't want to be a symbol, I want to be myself.

The meat processing industry has a responsibility to provide safe, high-quality products to consumers.

最好是不失败，其次则是败了却还有办法成功，这才叫善于用人。 

在我看来，语言是我们最取之不尽的魔法源泉。

"The best books are the ones that leave you a little bit different than when you started."

我希望我的音乐能陪伴大家走过人生的每一个阶段。

没有根本的气节，就好像醉汉喝醉酒打人，酒醉时很勇敢，酒醒后勇气全消，没有一点气力。没有以学问为根本的见识，就好像厨师在炉灶前面，面前光亮而背后黑暗。

——2006年6月15日，盖茨在宣布将退出微软日常管理工作新闻发布会上的发言

The act of writing is an act of hope.