All the problems of the world could be settled easily if men were only willing to think. The trouble is that men very often resort to all sorts of devices in order not to think, because thinking is such hard work.

  • -- Thomas John Watson, Sr. Thomas John Watson,高级

只要人们愿意思考,世界上所有的问题都可以很容易地解决。问题是,人们常常为了不思考而使用各种各样的方法,因为思考是一项如此艰难的工作。

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All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible.

人人都有梦想,但并非人人都一样。那些夜间在尘封的心灵深处做梦的人,白天醒来却发现那是虚妄的;但是白天做梦的人是危险的,因为他们可能睁大眼睛去实现他们的梦,使之成为可能。

People are talking about the Internet as though it is going to change the world. It's not going to change the world. It's not going to change the way we think, and it's not going to change the way we feel.

人们在谈论互联网,好像它将改变世界。这不会改变世界。它不会改变我们的思维方式,也不会改变我们的感觉。

As a young man... you don't know anything about yourself. And add on to that, you're on the cover of magazines. People are interviewing you about what you think. You feel like a real phony.

作为一个年轻人……你对自己一无所知。而且,你还上了杂志的封面。人们会就你的想法采访你。你觉得自己像个骗子。

There is a secret pride in every human heart that revolts at tyranny. You may order and drive an individual, but you cannot make him respect you.

每个反抗暴政的人心中都有一种隐秘的骄傲。你可以命令和驱动一个人,但你不能让他尊重你。

The years like great black oxen tread the world, and God, the herdsman goads them on behind, and I am broken by their passing feet.

岁月如大黑牛,踏着这个世界,上帝,牧人在身后催着它们前进,我被它们流逝的脚步压垮了。

The importance of certain problems concerning the facts will be inherent in the structure of the system.

有关事实的某些问题的重要性将是本系统结构所固有的。

It connects with the theologians' point that you can say what God is not, but not (easily) what He is.

它与神学家的观点相联系,即你可以说出上帝不是什么,但不容易说出他是什么。

All men are created equal, it is only men themselves who place themselves above equality.

人人生而平等,只有人把自己置于平等之上。

Making my class laugh and getting in trouble. I was the class clown.

让我的同学笑,惹上麻烦。我是班上的小丑。

The problems of puzzles are very near the problems of life.

谜题的问题非常接近生活中的问题。

When a story captures me, it comes quickly and easily.

当一个故事抓住我,它来得又快又容易。

The task of art today is to bring chaos into order.

今天艺术的任务是使混乱有序。

I never see thy face but I think upon hell-fire.

我从未见过你的脸,但我想起地狱之火。

Many gloat over their own troubles.

许多人对自己的麻烦幸灾乐祸。