We can believe that we know where the world should go. But unless we're in touch with our customers, our model of the world can diverge from reality. There's no substitute for innovation, of course, but innovation is no substitute for being in touch, either.

  • -- Steve Ballmer 史蒂夫·鲍尔默

我们可以相信我们知道世界应该走向何方。但是,除非我们与客户保持联系,否则我们的世界模型可能会偏离现实。当然,创新是无法替代的,但创新也无法替代保持联系。

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And then you take a look at Spaces, there is this great innovation that came out of nowhere. We have the number one blogging site in the world because of the innovation that's there.

然后你看看空间,这是一个不知从何而来的伟大创新。我们拥有世界第一的博客网站,因为那里的创新。

No poet will ever take the written word as a substitute for the spoken word; he knows that it is on the spoken word, and the spoken word only, that his art is founded.

没有诗人会把书面文字作为口头文字的替代品;他知道他的艺术是建立在口头上的,而且仅仅是口头上的。

It is only after years of preparation that the young artist should touch color - not color used descriptively, that is, but as a means of personal expression.

只有经过多年的准备,年轻的艺术家才应该触摸色彩——不是用来描述色彩的,而是作为一种个人表达的手段。

Fashion is something barbarous, for it produces innovation without reason and imitation without benefit.

时尚是一种野蛮的东西,它产生的创新没有理由,模仿没有好处。

While sight may deceive you, touch rarely does.

虽然视觉可能会欺骗你,但触摸很少。

There's no substitute for guts.

没有什么能代替勇气。