The proper route to an understanding of the world is an examination of our errors about it.

  • -- Errol Morris 埃罗尔·莫里斯

了解世界的正确途径是检查我们对世界的错误认识。

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People commonly travel the world over to see rivers and mountains, new stars, garish birds, freak fish, grotesque breeds of human; they fall into an animal stupor that gapes at existence and they think they have seen something.

人们常到世界各地去看河流和山脉,看新星,看艳丽的鸟,看畸形的鱼,看奇形怪状的人类;他们陷入一种动物的昏迷状态,对存在睁大眼睛,他们认为自己看到了什么。

The money can be decent, but I really don't recommend the work-for-hire route as an entry into publishing. Too many things can go wrong.

薪水还算不错,但我真的不建议把雇佣工作作为进入出版业的途径。太多的事情会出错。

We can put television in its proper light by supposing that Gutenberg's great invention had been directed at printing only comic books.

我们可以假定古腾堡的伟大发明只针对印刷漫画书,从而使电视得到应有的重视。

An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it.

一个错误不会因为成倍的传播而变成真理,也不会因为没有人看到它而变成错误。

To understand another human being you must gain some insight into the conditions which made him what he is.

要了解另一个人,你必须对他所处的环境有所了解。

I worked also, doing things such as our paper route and, later on, waitressing.

我也做过一些工作,比如送报纸,后来又做服务员。

Artists exist to show us the world. So do windows.

艺术家的存在是为了向我们展示世界。窗户也是如此。

Proper names are rigid designators.

专有名词是严格的指示词。