You see, Sir, We all need someone to kiss us goodbye...

The past is never dead. It's not even past.

It's probably as unlikely that you would nowadays become as rich and famous as Bill Gates, as it was unlikely in the17th century that you would accede to the ranks of the French aristocracy. But the point is, it doesn't feel that way. It's made to feel, by magazines and other media outlets, that if you've got energy, a few bright ideas about technology, a garage -- you, too, could start a major thing.

公司的力量在于其员工。赋予他们权力，成功自然会随之而来。

历史学家行走在事实与想象的钢丝上。