If all human lives depended upon their usefulness - as might be judged by certain standards - there would be a sudden and terrific mortality in the world.

  • -- Gene Tunney 滕尼

如果所有人的生命都依赖于它们的用处- -这可以用某些标准来判断- -世界上就会突然出现可怕的死亡。

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It is a remarkable honor to receive a Nobel Prize, because it not only recognizes discoveries, but also their usefulness to the advancement of fundamental science.

获得诺贝尔奖是一种非凡的荣誉,因为它不仅表彰发现,而且表彰它们对基础科学进步的贡献。

The individual whose vision encompasses the whole world often feels nowhere so hedged in and out of touch with his surroundings as in his native land.

一个人如果他的视野涵盖了整个世界,那么他常常会感到,在自己的祖国里,没有什么地方比这里更封闭、更脱离周围的环境了。

Of all human inventions the organization, a machine constructed of people performing interdependent functions, is the most powerful.

在人类所有的发明中,组织是由履行相互依赖功能的人组成的机器,是最强大的。

What is it in my makeup that makes me grab any offer and fly around the world? Will I ever be satisfied? Can't I ever just rest?

是什么让我在化妆时抓住任何机会飞遍世界?我能满足吗?我就不能休息一下吗?

There is no excellence without labor. One cannot dream oneself into either usefulness or happiness.

没有劳动就没有卓越。一个人不能梦想自己变得有用或幸福。