I believe without exception that theory follows practice. Whenever there is a conflict between theory and practice, theory is wrong. As far as I'm concerned, we make theories for what people have done.

  • -- David Baker 大卫·贝克

我毫无例外地相信理论遵循实践。当理论和实践发生冲突时,理论就是错误的。就我而言,我们为人们所做的事情做理论。

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A mathematician is a person who can find analogies between theorems; a better mathematician is one who can see analogies between proofs and the best mathematician can notice analogies between theories.

数学家是能在定理之间找到类比的人;一个更好的数学家能看到证明之间的类比,而最好的数学家能注意到理论之间的类比。

I have very strong theories about magazine publishing. And I think that it is the most personal form of journalism. And I think that a magazine is an old friend.

我对杂志出版有很强的理论基础。我认为这是最个人化的新闻形式。我认为杂志是我的老朋友。

The uneducated person perceives only the individual phenomenon, the partly educated person the rule, and the educated person the exception.

未受过教育的人只感知个体现象,受过部分教育的人是规则,受过教育的人是例外。

I have always preferred conflict of individuals over the battle of extreme ideologies.

比起极端意识形态的斗争,我更喜欢个人之间的冲突。

Kindness should become the natural way of life, not the exception.

善良应该成为自然的生活方式,而不是例外。

It takes two blows to make a battle.

打一仗要打两拳。