I soon became convinced... that all the theorizing would be empty brain exercise and therefore a waste of time unless one first ascertained what the population of the universe really consists of.

  • -- Fritz Zwicky 弗里茨·茨威基

我很快就相信了……所有的理论都是空洞的大脑活动,因此如果不先弄清楚宇宙到底由什么组成,那就是在浪费时间。

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I had found again and again that the most aberrant population of a species - often having reached species rank, and occasionally classified even as a separate genus - occurred at a peripheral location, indeed usually at the most isolated peripheral location.

我一次又一次地发现,一个物种中最异常的种群——往往达到了物种的级别,有时甚至被划分为一个单独的属——发生在一个边缘位置,实际上通常是在最孤立的边缘位置。

Writing, I'm convinced, should be a subversive activity - frowned on by the authorities - and not one cooed over and praised beyond common sense by some teacher.

我确信,写作应该是一种颠覆性的活动,不应该被当局所反对,也不应该被某些老师以超出常识的方式所吹捧。

I think it was the right time for me to retire because nowadays tennis is too incredibly fast and you can say that my style tennis went out of fashion.

我想现在是我退休的时候了,因为现在网球的速度太快了,你可以说我的风格已经过时了。

I am convinced that policies meant to reduce alleged carbon dioxide-induced global warming will be destructive.

我相信,旨在减少据称由二氧化碳引起的全球变暖的政策将是破坏性的。

As the population of Georgia increased dramatically, so did development.

随着格鲁吉亚人口的急剧增长,发展也在迅猛增长。

But in my mind, i'm having a pretty good time with you.

但在我看来,我和你在一起很开心。