My invention, (the motion picture camera), can be exploited... as a scientific curiosity, but apart from that it has no commercial value whatsoever.

  • -- Auguste Lumiere 奥古斯特·卢米埃

我的发明,(电影摄影机),可以被利用…但除此之外,它没有任何商业价值。

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How is it that, in the face of overwhelming scientific evidence, there are still some who would deny the dangers of climate change? Not surprisingly, the loudest voices are not scientific, and it is remarkable how many economists, lawyers, journalists and politicians set themselves up as experts on the science.

为什么,面对压倒性的科学证据,仍然有一些人会否认气候变化的危险?毫不奇怪,最响亮的声音并不科学,而且值得注意的是,有多少经济学家、律师、记者和政治家自称是科学专家。

Atheism is not a philosophy; it is not even a view of the world; it is simply a refusal to deny the obvious. Unfortunately, we live in a world in which the obvious is overlooked as a matter of principle.

无神论不是一种哲学;它甚至不是一种世界观;这只是拒绝否认显而易见的事实。不幸的是,我们生活在一个把显而易见的东西作为原则而被忽视的世界里。

The more a person learns how to use the forces of nature for his own purposes, by means of perfecting the sciences and the invention and improvement of machines, the more he will produce.

一个人学习如何利用自然的力量为自己的目的,通过完善科学和机器的发明和改进,他会生产更多。

Life and time are world's two teachers. Life teaches us to make good use of time, while time teaches us the value of life.

生命和时间是世界的两位老师。生活教会我们如何善用时间,而时间教会我们生命的价值。

Since the invention of steamships distant countries have become like those that are near at hand.

自从蒸汽船发明以来,遥远的国家变得像那些近在咫尺的国家一样。

The rate of interest acts as a link between income-value and capital-value.

利率是收入价值和资本价值之间的联系。