The ultimate function of prophecy is not to tell the future, but to make it. Your successful past will block your visions of the future.

  • -- Joel A. Barker 乔尔A.巴克

预言的最终功能不是预言未来,而是创造未来。你成功的过去会阻碍你对未来的憧憬。

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Men build bridges and throw railroads across deserts, and yet they contend successfully that job of sewing on a button is beyond them. Accordingly, they don’t have to sew buttons.

人们在沙漠中修桥、修铁路,然而他们成功地争辩说,缝钮扣的工作超出了他们的能力范围。因此,他们不需要缝扣子。

An awful lot of successful technology companies ended up being in a slightly different market than they started out in.

很多成功的科技公司最终进入的市场都与他们刚起步时略有不同。

A successful marriage requires falling in love many time, always with the same person.

成功的婚姻需要多次坠入爱河,而且总是和同一个人。

When it comes to success, there are no shortcuts.

说到成功,没有捷径可走。