The trouble with Reason is that it becomes meaningless at the exact point where it refuses to act.

  • -- Bernard DeVoto 伯纳德·德沃托

理性的问题在于,当它拒绝采取行动时,它就变得毫无意义了。

相关名言

The first and most important reason for its elimination is the unquestioned fact that evolution is not a science; it is a hypothesis only, a speculation.

其消失的第一个也是最重要的原因是一个毋庸置疑的事实:进化不是一门科学;这只是一种假设,一种推测。

The trouble with telling a good story is that it invariably reminds the other fellow of a dull one.

讲一个好故事的麻烦在于,它总是让另一个人想起一个乏味的故事。

Many roads lead to the path, but basically there are only two: reason and practice.

有许多条路通向那条路,但基本上只有两条路:理性和实践。

When you get too big a majority, you're immediately in trouble.'

当你获得太大的多数时,你马上就有麻烦了。