One could not be a successful scientist without realizing that, in contrast to the popular conception supported by newspapers and mothers of scientists, a goodly number of scientists are not only narrow-minded and dull, but also just stupid.

  • -- James D. Watson 沃森

一个成功的科学家不可能不认识到,与报纸和科学家母亲所支持的流行观念相反,有相当数量的科学家不仅心胸狭窄、沉闷,而且愚蠢。

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My view is that targets, properly constructed and applied across public services have been fundamental to past successes and will be an essential part of sustaining progress into the future.

我的观点是,在公共服务领域适当地制定和实施目标,是过去成功的基础,也将是未来持续进步的重要组成部分。

The main problem is that for a boycott to be effective, you must first persuade thousands - maybe even millions of others - to go along, which is a lot of work and usually not successful.

主要的问题是,要使抵制有效,你必须首先说服数千人——甚至数百万人——同意,这是一项艰巨的工作,通常不会成功。

I didn't look at any of the newspapers, I look at the pictures sometimes, but apart from that I don't read them.

我不看任何一份报纸,我有时会看图片,但除此之外,我不读它们。

They are so filthy and bestial that no honest man would admit one into his house for a water-closet doormat.

他们是如此的肮脏和兽性,没有一个诚实的人会让一个人进入他的房子作为一个抽水马桶的门垫。

Any politician or scientist who tells you these [GMO] products are safe is either very stupid or lying.

任何告诉你这些[转基因]产品是安全的政治家或科学家要么非常愚蠢,要么就是在说谎。

If the staff lacks policy guidance against which to test decisions, their decisions will be random.

如果员工缺乏测试决策的政策指导,他们的决策将是随机的。

A scientist lives with all reality. There is nothing better.

科学家与现实生活在一起。没有比这更好的了。

I'm the most successful bad player ever.

我是有史以来最成功的坏球员。

Nothing succeeds like success.

成功乃成功之母。