To observations which ourselves we make, we grow more partial for th' observer's sake.

  • -- Alexander Pope 亚历山大·波普

对于我们自己所作的观察,为了观察者的缘故,我们变得更偏颇了。

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Science is based on the possibility of objectivity, on the possibility of different people checking out for themselves the observations made by others. Without that possibility, there is no empirical principle capable of deciding between different arguments and theories.

科学是建立在客观可能性的基础上的,是建立在不同的人自己检验别人的观察结果的可能性上的。没有这种可能性,就没有能够在不同的论点和理论之间做出决定的经验主义原则。

We should conceive of ourselves not as rulers of Earth, but as highly powerful, conscious stewards: The Earth is given to us in trust, and we can screw it up or make it work well and sustainably.

我们不应该把自己想象成地球的统治者,而应该想象成高度强大、有意识的管家:地球是托付给我们的,我们可以把它搞砸,或者让它运转良好、可持续。

The ground swell is what's going to sink you as well as being what buoys you up. These are cliches also, of course, and I'm sometimes interested in how much one can get away with.

地面的膨胀会让你下沉,也会让你上升。当然,这些都是陈词滥调,我有时对一个人能逃脱多少惩罚很感兴趣。

The more I grow as an artist, the more I think I become like my father as an artist. The more I diversify, the more I become like my father, which is true to who he was.

作为一个艺术家,我成长得越快,我就越觉得自己像我的父亲。我越多样化,我就越像我的父亲,这是真实的他。

I see myself playing as long as I am partially enjoying the game and partially successful and they are paying me. But honestly, two more years is about all I can take.

我认为只要我部分享受比赛,部分成功,而且他们付钱给我,我就能踢球。但说实话,我只能再干两年。

Being faithful in that which is another man's qualifies us to receive our own.

我们若在别人的事上忠心,就有资格领受自己的事。

That's a big goal of mine, to try and grow as much of my own food as possible.

这是我的一个大目标,试着自己种植尽可能多的食物。

It seems like once people grow up, they have no idea what's cool.

似乎一旦人们长大了,他们就不知道什么是酷了。