Man must shape his tools lest they shape him.

  • -- Arthur Miller 阿瑟·米勒

人必须塑造自己的工具,以免它们塑造自己。

相关名言

Something is better than nothing. Doin' anything for a man, there's investments involved, there's time and production. It's better to give him ten bucks and get a record out than to never record the cat.

有总比没有好。为一个男人做任何事,都需要投资,需要时间和产出。给他十块钱去买张唱片总比不给猫录音强。

A highly learned man has two sources of happiness: Either he abandons all earthly interests or else he possesses much which could be abandoned.

一个博学的人有两种幸福的来源:要么他放弃一切世俗的兴趣,要么他拥有许多可以放弃的东西。

A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools.

一个人太忙而无暇顾及自己的健康,就像一个机修工太忙而无暇顾及自己的工具一样。

To the man who only has a hammer, everything he encounters begins to look like a nail.

对于一个只有锤子的人来说,他遇到的每件事都开始看起来像钉子。