When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong.

  • -- Arthur C. Clarke 亚瑟·C·克拉克

当一位杰出而年长的科学家宣称某事是可能的,他几乎肯定是对的。当他说某事是不可能的时候,他很可能是错的。

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The limit of man s knowledge in any subject possesses a high interest which is perhaps increased by its close neighbourhood to the realms of imagination.

人类对任何一门学科的知识的有限性都具有很高的兴趣,而这种兴趣的增加也许是因为它与想象的领域关系密切。

Science means simply the aggregate of all the recipes that are always successful. All the rest is literature.

科学就是所有总是成功的食谱的总和。其余的都是文学作品。