The main peculiarity which distinguishes man from other animals is the means of his support-the power which he possesses of very greatly increasing these means.

  • -- Thomas Robert Malthus 马尔萨斯

人类区别于其他动物的主要特点是他的谋生手段——他拥有极大地增加这些手段的能力。

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If you're buying animal products and can go to the farm and actually see how the animals are looked after, yes, that's an important point. That's definitely the best way of assuring yourself that the animals are being well treated.

如果你在购买动物产品,可以去农场看看动物是如何被照顾的,这一点很重要。这绝对是确保你自己的动物得到良好对待的最好方法。

The craft of painting has virtually disappeared. There is hardly anyone left who really possesses it. For evidence one has only to look at the painters of this century.

绘画艺术实际上已经消失了。几乎没有人真正拥有它。只要看看本世纪的画家就知道了。

Animals don't have anyone to protect them. If we don't stand up, the people who are harming animals will never get stopped.

动物没有人保护它们。如果我们不站起来,那些伤害动物的人将永远不会被制止。

Given that we glimpse what distinguishes man from the beast, is there anything that distinguishes woman from man?

既然我们已经看到了男人和野兽的区别,那么女人和男人有什么区别呢?

I just kind of conjured them up out of my subconscious and put them in order of ascending peculiarity.

我只是从我的潜意识中召唤出它们,然后把它们按照上升的特性排列。

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.

领袖和跟随者的区别就在于创新。

When something possesses me, I go ahead and do it.

当我被某种东西占据时,我就会勇往直前。