Men, like nails, lose their usefulness when they lose their direction and begin to bend.

  • -- Walter Savage Landor 兰德

人就像钉子一样,一旦失去了方向,开始弯曲,就失去了作用。

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For Debussy the musician and the man I have had profound admiration, but by nature I'm different from him. I think I have always personally followed a direction opposed to that of the symbolism of Debussy.

对于德彪西这个音乐家,对于这个男人,我有很深的敬佩之情,但从本质上来说,我和他是不同的。我个人认为,我一直遵循的方向与德彪西的象征主义背道而驰。

There was a time when nails were high-tech. There was a time when people had to be told how to use a telephone. Technology is just a tool. People use tools to improve their lives.

曾经指甲是高科技的。曾经有一段时间,人们必须被告知如何使用电话。技术只是一种工具。人们使用工具来改善他们的生活。

It is a remarkable honor to receive a Nobel Prize, because it not only recognizes discoveries, but also their usefulness to the advancement of fundamental science.

获得诺贝尔奖是一种非凡的荣誉,因为它不仅表彰发现,而且表彰它们对基础科学进步的贡献。

Men are freest when they are most unconscious of freedom. The shout is a rattling of chains, always was.

人在最不知道自由的时候是最自由的。呐喊是锁链的咔嗒咔嗒,一直都是。

I would rather lose in a cause that will some day win, than win in a cause that will some day lose.

我宁愿在某一天会成功的事业中失败,也不愿在某一天会失败的事业中成功。

Directions are instructions given to explain how. Direction is a vision offered to explain why.

指示是说明如何做的指示。方向是一种解释原因的愿景。

People, like nails, lose their effectiveness when they lose direction and begin to bend.

人就像钉子一样,一旦失去方向,开始弯曲,就失去了效力。

Logical consequences are the scarecrows of fools and the beacons of wise men.

逻辑的结果是愚人的稻草人和智者的灯塔。

We lose ourselves in the things we love. We find ourselves there, too.

我们迷失在我们所爱的事物中。我们发现自己也在那里。

The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.

开始的方法就是停止说话,开始行动。

Every ending is the beginning of something new.

每一个结局都是新的开始。

What is useful cannot be base.

有用的东西不能贱。