There is no scientific discoverer, no poet, no painter, no musician, who will not tell you that he found ready made his discovery or poem or picture - that it came to him from outside, and that he did not consciously create it from within.

  • -- William Kingdon Clifford 威廉·金顿·克利福德

没有一个科学的发现者,没有一个诗人,没有一个画家,没有一个音乐家不告诉你,他发现了现成的发现,无论是诗歌还是绘画,都是来自外部的,而不是他有意识地从内部创造出来的。

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The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends for which we live. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.

我们生活的手段已经超过了我们生活的目的。我们的科学力量已经超过了我们的精神力量。我们有导弹和误入歧途的人。

Superstition? Who can define the boundary line between the superstition of yesterday and the scientific fact of tomorrow?

迷信?谁能确定昨天的迷信和明天的科学事实之间的界线呢?

Being ready isn't enough; you have to be prepared for a promotion or any other significant change.

仅仅做好准备是不够的;你必须为升职或其他重大变化做好准备。

I'm ready to stretch my legs. I'm ready to jump in the ring.

我准备好伸伸腿了。我准备好跳进拳击场了。