The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.

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！"

The most important thing is to tell a good story. Everything else is secondary.

计算机不会在任何地方引入订单，因为它们会暴露机会。

We are all searching for something, even if we don't know what it is.

写作是探索可能的边界。