Civilization as it is known today could not have evolved, nor can it survive, without an adequate food supply.

  • -- Norman Ernest Borlaug 诺曼·欧内斯特·博洛格

如果没有足够的食物供应,我们今天所知道的文明就不可能进化,也不可能生存。

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The gradual decline of a society is often a self-induced process of trying to meet ever-expanding appetites, rather than a physical inability to produce past levels of food and fuel, or to maintain adequate defense.

一个社会的逐渐衰落往往是一个自我诱导的过程,试图满足不断增长的食欲,而不是身体上无法生产过去水平的食物和燃料,或维持足够的防御。

I didn't know exactly what I wanted to do in school, but I definitely didn't have adequate time to reach my full potential as a student.

我不知道我在学校想做什么,但我肯定没有足够的时间来发挥我作为一个学生的全部潜力。

Food is the best substitute for everything, because it does not put up any resistance, but surrenders instantly.

食物是一切事物的最佳替代品,因为它不会产生任何阻力,而是立即投降。

Success breeds complacency. Complacency breeds failure. Only the paranoid survive.

成功孕育自满。自满品种失败。只有偏执狂才能生存。

And in which we say that life is eternal but continue to struggle to survive.

其中我们说生命是永恒的,但要继续为生存而奋斗。

An empty bag cannot stand upright.

空袋子立不直。