Man is a creature of hope and invention, both of which belie the idea that things cannot be changed.

  • -- Tom Clancy 汤姆·克兰西

人是充满希望和创造的动物,这两者都掩盖了事情是无法改变的这一观点。

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Markets are designed to allow individuals to look after their private needs and to pursue profit. It's really a great invention and I wouldn't under-estimate the value of that, but they're not designed to take care of social needs.

市场的设计是为了让个人照顾他们的私人需求和追求利润。这确实是一个伟大的发明,我不会低估它的价值,但它们并不是为了满足社会需求而设计的。

Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough, he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits. Yet he is lord of all the animals.

人类是唯一只会消费而不生产的生物。它不产奶,不下蛋,它太弱了,拉不动犁,它跑得不够快,抓不到兔子。然而他是所有动物的主人。

An invention has to make sense in the world it finishes in, not in the world it started.

一项发明必须在它完成的世界里有意义,而不是在它开始的世界里。

I am not a creature of habit.

我不是一个习惯的动物。