The telephone book is full of facts, but it doesn't contain a single idea.

  • -- Mortimer J. Adler 莫蒂默·杰尔姆·阿德勒

电话簿上全是事实,但没有一个概念。

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You own a watch the invention of the mind, though for a single motion 'tis designed, as well as that which is with greater thought with various springs, for various motions wrought.

你有一只表,它是头脑的发明,虽然它是为一个单一的运动而设计的,也是为一个更伟大的思想而设计的,它有各种各样的弹簧,可以做各种各样的运动。

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。

The un-conscious distortion of the facts is almost harmless compared to the unconscious neglect of an animal's mental life until it verges on the unusual and marvelous.

与无意识地忽视动物的精神生活相比,无意识地歪曲事实几乎是无害的,直到它接近不寻常和不可思议的地步。

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

统计学的定义:从可靠的数字中得出不可靠的事实的科学。

I've suffered from all of the hang-ups known, and none is as bad as the telephone.

我经历过所有已知的电话故障,没有一个比电话故障更严重。

I am happy and I'm single.

我很快乐,我是单身。