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！"
在那樣的年紀，我會找任何借口做些估測或者小算術。我會計算油耗還有雜貨花銷等雞毛蒜皮的小事。我聽過一個有關吸煙的廣告。我記不得細節(jié)了，但是廣告大意是說，每吸一口香煙會減少幾分鐘的壽命，大概是兩分鐘。無論如何，我決定為祖母做個算術。我估測了祖母每天要吸幾支香煙，每支香煙要吸幾口等等，然后心滿意足地得出了一個合理的數(shù)字。接著，我捅了捅坐在前面的祖母的頭，又拍了拍她的肩膀，然后驕傲地宣稱，"每天吸兩分鐘的煙，你就少活九年！"
Live your own dream, not the expectations of others.
The act of writing is an act of rebellion.
晶體管是一項關鍵發(fā)明，但其真正意義在于它如何實現(xiàn)了技術的民主化。
Protecting the marine ecosystem is protecting the future of fisheries.
Follow your heart and do what you love.
You don't have to like it, but you have to accept that it's art.
未來屬于那些相信自己夢想之美的人。