Some people are always critical of vague statements. I tend rather to be critical of precise statements; they are the only ones which can correctly be labeled 'wrong'.

  • -- Raymond Smullyan 雷蒙德·斯穆里安

有些人总是批评含糊不清的陈述。我倾向于对精确的陈述持批评态度;他们是唯一可以正确地贴上“错误”标签的人。

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If we want to make a statement about a man's nature on the basis of his physiognomy, we must take everything into account; it is in his distress that a man is tested, for then his nature is revealed.

如果我们想根据一个人的相貌来判断他的性格,我们必须把一切都考虑进去;人在患难中才受试炼,显出本性来。

An art whose medium is language will always show a high degree of critical creativeness, for speech is itself a critique of life: it names, it characterizes, it passes judgment, in that it creates.

一种以语言为媒介的艺术总是会表现出高度的批判性创造性,因为语言本身就是对生活的一种批判:它通过创造来命名、描述、评判。

It doesn't matter who you are, how many awards you've won, how popular you are, or how much critical acclaim you've had.

你是谁,你获得了多少奖项,你有多受欢迎,你获得了多少好评,这些都不重要。

An executive is a person who always decides sometimes he decides correctly, but he always decides.

高管是这样的人,他总是做出决定,有时他的决定是正确的,但他总是做出决定。

Who sees the human face correctly: the photographer, the mirror, or the painter?

谁能正确地看到人脸:摄影师,镜子,还是画家?