A good scientist is a person with original ideas. A good engineer is a person who makes a design that works with as few original ideas as possible. There are no prima donnas in engineering.

  • -- Freeman Dyson 弗里曼·戴森

一个好的科学家是有独到见解的人。一个好的工程师是一个人,他所做的设计尽量少用原创的想法。工程界没有杰出的学者。

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Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.

过了一定的年龄,阅读会使人的思想过分偏离其创造性的追求。读书太多而用脑太少的人会养成懒惰的思维习惯。

Describing the person I am would best be through music. When I'm up on stage and I'm singing my heart out, I am always reminded of life's best things.

用音乐来描述我是什么样的人是最好的。当我站在舞台上,放声歌唱时,我总是想起生活中最美好的事情。

Sometimes, in order to imitate the original, it is necessary to put something that is not in the original into a portrait in marble.

有时候,为了模仿原作,有必要把一些非原作的东西放进大理石肖像画里。

The fact that the great scientist believed in flying machines was the one thing that encouraged us to begin our studies.

这位伟大的科学家相信飞行器的存在,这一事实鼓励我们开始研究。

A scientist who cannot prove what he has accomplished, has accomplished nothing.

如果一个科学家不能证明他所取得的成就,他就一事无成。

I think competition is very important; it breeds many good things in a person.

我认为竞争是非常重要的;它在一个人身上孕育了许多美好的东西。

I prefer design by experts - by people who know what they are doing.

我更喜欢由专家设计——由知道自己在做什么的人设计。

Your beliefs don't make you a better person, your behavior does.

你的信念不会让你成为一个更好的人,但你的行为会。

I was told I had an overabundance of original sin.

我被告知我有过多的原罪。

I wanted to be a fashion designer.

我想成为一名时装设计师。