Definition of Statistics: The science of producing unreliable facts from reliable figures.

  • -- Evan Esar 埃文·伊萨尔

统计学的定义:从可靠的数字中得出不可靠的事实的科学。

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I think they need to get a more reliable way of watching television on the laptop. Because I travel so much, if I want to watch my favorite sports team it might not be showing in that place, so I want a reliable way to watch whatever I want to watch on my laptop.

我认为他们需要一种更可靠的方式在笔记本电脑上看电视。因为我经常旅行,如果我想看我最喜欢的球队的比赛,它可能不会在那个地方播放,所以我想要一种可靠的方式来观看我想在笔记本上看的任何比赛。

As a personal beneficiary of the service that Amtrak provides and as someone who represents a congressional district that counts on safe, reliable rail service, I am a strong supporter of providing this vital industry the funding necessary to continue operations.

作为美铁提供服务的个人受益人,作为国会选区的代表,我非常支持为这个至关重要的行业提供继续运营所需的资金。

Design is the method of putting form and content together. Design, just as art, has multiple definitions; there is no single definition. Design can be art. Design can be aesthetics. Design is so simple, that's why it is so complicated.

设计是把形式和内容放在一起的方法。设计和艺术一样,有多种定义;没有单一的定义。设计可以是艺术。设计可以是美学。设计如此简单,这就是为什么它如此复杂。

I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge -- myth is more potent than history -- dreams are more powerful than facts -- hope always triumphs over experience -- laughter is the cure for grief -- love is stronger than death.

我相信想象力比知识更强大——神话比历史更强大——梦想比事实更强大——希望永远战胜经验——欢笑是治愈悲伤的良药——爱比死亡更强大。

A lot of data, whether it's imagery or other kinds of things, work really well when it's geographically laid out. I'm talking about imagery, statistics, incidents and other things that happen around the globe.

很多数据,无论是图像还是其他类型的数据,在地理位置上都能很好地工作。我说的是图像,数据,事件和其他发生在全球的事情。

We grow up being told about great figures in our society, and as you get older you have to question the stories you've been told and decide if these great figures are indeed as great as you've been told.

我们从小到大都是听着社会上伟大人物的故事长大的,随着年龄的增长,你必须质疑别人告诉你的故事,并判断这些伟大人物是否真的像别人告诉你的那样伟大。

Hope founded upon a human being, a man-made philosophy or any institution is always misplaced... because these things are unreliable and fleeting.

建立在人类基础上的希望、人为的哲学或任何制度总是放错地方……因为这些事情不可靠,转瞬即逝。

When you're a producer and an artist you're very critical of yourself. I like to produce other people, but I'm not that good at producing myself.

当你是一个制片人和艺术家的时候,你对自己非常挑剔。我喜欢培养别人,但我并不擅长培养自己。

Photography is about finding out what can happen in the frame. When you put four edges around some facts, you change those facts.

摄影就是找出画面中可能发生的事情。当你在一些事实周围加上四条边,你就改变了这些事实。

How on earth are you ever going to explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love?

你究竟要如何用化学和物理来解释初恋这种重要的生物现象呢?

As soon as I became proactive in producing my own stuff, I started getting other roles.

当我开始积极主动地制作自己的东西时,我开始得到其他的角色。

I was at home then in the world of figures, but not in that of values.

那时,我在数字的世界里如鱼得水,而不是在价值的世界里。

A science which hesitates to forget its founders is lost.

一门不愿忘记其创始人的科学已经失败了。

We are just statistics, born to consume resources.

我们只是统计数字,生来就是为了消耗资源。