Definition of a Statistician: A man who believes figures don't lie, but admits than under analysis some of them won't stand up either.

  • -- Evan Esar 埃文·伊萨尔

统计学家的定义:一个人相信数据不会说谎,但他承认,在分析中,有些数据也站不住脚。

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There's a definition of narcissism that when a parent is narcissistic, instead of the child seeing himself reflected in the mother's face and the mother's joy, the child of the narcissistic parent feels like, 'What can I do to make her okay, to make her happy?'

自恋有一个定义,当父母自恋时,孩子看到的不是母亲脸上的表情和母亲的喜悦,而是自恋父母的孩子觉得,‘我能做些什么让她好起来,让她开心?’

A child too, can never grasp the fact that the same mother who cooks so well, is so concerned about his cough, and helps so kindly with his homework, in some circumstance has no more feeling than a wall of his hidden inner world.

一个孩子也永远无法理解这样一个事实:同样是这位母亲,她做饭做得那么好,那么关心他的咳嗽,那么慈祥地帮助他做作业,在某些情况下,她对他的感情不过是隐藏在他内心世界的一堵墙。

The Internet has given atheists, agnostics, skeptics, the people who like to destroy everything that you and I believe, the almost equal access to your kids as your youth pastor and you have... whether you like it or not.

互联网给了无神论者、不可知论者、怀疑论者、那些喜欢破坏你和我所相信的一切的人,给了你和你的孩子几乎平等的机会,就像你和你的青年牧师一样……不管你喜不喜欢。

An absolutely necessary part of a writer's equipment, almost as necessary as talent, is the ability to stand up under punishment, both the punishment the world hands out and the punishment he inflicts upon himself.

一个作家的写作技巧中,一个绝对必要的部分,几乎和他的才能一样必要,就是在惩罚下站起来的能力,不管是这个世界给他的惩罚,还是他对自己施加的惩罚。

Look, architecture has a lot of places to hide behind, a lot of excuses. 'The client made me do this.' 'The city made me do this.' 'Oh, the budget.' I don't believe that anymore.

看,建筑有很多地方可以隐藏,有很多借口。客户让我这么做的。“是这个城市逼我这么做的。”“哦,预算。”“我再也不相信了。

Every day each of us wakes up, reaches into drawers and closets, pulls out a costume for the day and proceeds to dress in a style that can only be called preposterous.

每天我们每个人醒来,把手伸进抽屉和壁橱里,拿出当天要穿的衣服,然后开始穿那种只能被称为荒谬的风格。

Many a man who pays rent all his life owns his own home; and many a family has successfully saved for a home only to find itself at last with nothing but a house.

许多付了一辈子房租的人拥有自己的房子;许多家庭成功地攒钱买了一所房子,最后却发现自己一无所有,只有一所房子。

Still, intuitive assumptions about behavior is only the starting point of systematic analysis, for alone they do not yield many interesting implications.

尽管如此,对行为的直觉假设只是系统分析的起点,因为仅凭这些假设并不能产生很多有趣的含义。

Stand-up comedy is tough right now. Anybody can come to a concert, tape you, and put you up on the Internet. You either fight it or embrace it.

单口喜剧现在很难演。任何人都可以来听音乐会,录下来放到网上。你要么对抗它,要么拥抱它。

Profit in business comes from repeat customers, customers that boast about your project or service, and that bring friends with them.

生意上的利润来自回头客,他们吹嘘你的项目或服务,并带来了朋友。

If the career you have chosen has some unexpected inconvenience, console yourself by reflecting that no career is without them.

如果你选择的职业有一些意想不到的不便之处,你可以这样安慰自己:没有哪个职业是没有它们的。

It is a lie that people who love each other must know everything about each other. Love must occasionally allow for a gap.

相爱的人必须了解对方的一切,这是一个谎言。爱情必须偶尔留有空隙。

We are not concerned with the very poor. They are unthinkable, and only to be approached by the statistician or the poet.

我们不关心非常贫困的人。它们是不可想象的,只有统计学家或诗人才能接近它们。

In the final analysis, all architecture reveals the application of human ingenuity to the satisfaction of human needs.

归根结底,所有的建筑都揭示了人类智慧在满足人类需求方面的应用。

There is not a soul who does not have to beg alms of another, either a smile, a handshake, or a fond eye.

每个人都有向别人乞求施舍的时候,无论是一个微笑,一个握手,还是一双深情的眼睛。

Everybody, sooner or later, will have to go under the knife. Let's hope they make out as well as I did.

每个人迟早都得动手术。希望他们能像我一样亲热。

Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to the critic.

绘画,n。字体保护平坦表面不受天气影响,并将其暴露给评论家的艺术。

In the animal kingdom, the rule is, eat or be eaten; in the human kingdom, define or be defined.

在动物界,规则是吃或被吃;在人类王国中,定义或被定义。

I pick my nose and I'm not ashamed to admit it. If there's a bogey then just pick it, man.

我挖鼻孔,我并不羞于承认。如果有妖怪,就挑吧,伙计。

Great allowances ought to be made for the petulance of persons laboring under ill-health.

对身体不好的人的任性应该给予很大的体谅。

Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no time to form.

变老只不过是一个忙碌的人没有时间养成的坏习惯。

Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man.

你当晓得自己,不要以为神鉴察。真正研究人类的是人。

Some men like to make a little garden out of life and walk down a path.

有些人喜欢把生活变成一个小花园,沿着一条小路走下去。

I was at home then in the world of figures, but not in that of values.

那时,我在数字的世界里如鱼得水,而不是在价值的世界里。

You may have lied to me once but i won't let you lie to me forever.

你可能骗过我一次,但我不会让你永远骗我。

If you can't stand the heat, don't go to Cancun in the summer.

如果你受不了高温,夏天就不要去坎昆。

If you don't go to other men funerals they won't go to yours.

如果你不去参加别人的葬礼,他们也不会去参加你的。

I grew up in an agnostic broad-minded family.

我生长在一个思想开明的不可知论家庭。

Cats are inquisitive, but hate to admit it.

猫很好奇,但不愿承认。

Also, I've already won all the awards.

而且,我已经赢得了所有的奖项。