You know very well that unless you're a scientist, it's much more important for a theory to be shapely, than for it to be true.

  • -- Christopher James Hampton 克里斯托弗·詹姆斯·汉普顿

你知道得很清楚,除非你是科学家,理论的形状要比它的真实性重要得多。

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The cosmical importance of this conclusion is profound and the possibilities it opens for the future very remarkable, greater in fact than any suggested before by science in the whole history of the human race.

这一结论的宇宙重要性是深远的,它为未来打开的可能性是非常显著的,事实上比科学在整个人类历史上提出的任何建议都要大。

As far as I know, only a small minority of mathematicians, even of those with Platonist views, accept the idea that there may be mathematical facts which are true but unknowable.

据我所知,只有一小部分数学家,甚至包括那些柏拉图主义者,接受这样的观点,即可能存在真实但不可知的数学事实。

I realize I never stand out in a room unless I'm feeling balanced, centered and happy. It sounds really corny but it's very, very true.

我意识到,除非我感到平衡、集中和快乐,否则我永远不会在房间里脱颖而出。这听起来很老套,但却是千真万确的。

You are a person of the greatest importance when you are a mother of a family. Just do your job right and your kids will love you.

当你是一个家庭的母亲时,你就是一个最重要的人。只要做好你的工作,你的孩子就会爱你。