Quotes

Translation by Sam Bowden

We have a family rule: nobody is allowed to play with their cell phone in front of the children. My son is already thirty-four, and I never play with my phone in front of him.

—Zheng Yuanjie, children’s author

我们家有一个规定，任何人不能当着孩子的面看手机。我儿子34岁了，我当着他的面都不看手机。

——童话作家郑渊洁

In the past we always talked about “not stopping till having reached the Yellow River and not turning back until hitting the southern wall.” But that’s not me. I will not give up even if I reach the Yellow River. I would probably just build a bridge to cross it. If I hit the southern wall, I wouldn’t turn back either. I’d just find a ladder and climb over it.

—Wang Jianlin, CEO of Dalian Wanda Group

过去讲不到黄河心不死，不撞南墙不回头。我不一样，我到了黄河心也不死，我可能搭一座桥就过去了；撞了南墙也不回头，我找个梯子就爬过去了。

——万达集团总裁王健林

There’s no need in life to constantly measure yourself by the rulers that other people have given you.

—Wu Danru, author

生活不必处处带把别人送你的尺子，时时丈量自我。

——作家吴淡如

The real death is that no one in the world remembers you.—A line from the film Coco

真正的死亡是世界上再没有一个人记得你。

——电影《寻梦环游记》台词

The so-called “marriage,” is sometimes really loving someone and sometimes wanting to shoot them to death. Most of the time when you’re on your way to buy a gun, you see his/her favorite food and buy it, completely forgetting to buy a gun. You return home and after a few days you realize,you still need to buy a gun…

—Li Guoqing, CEO of Dangdang Group

所谓的婚姻，就是有时候很爱他，有时候想一枪崩了他，大多时候是在买枪的路上，遇到了他爱吃的菜，买了菜，却忘记了买枪，回家过几天想想，还得买枪……

——当当网CEO李国庆