A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
学校
School
That's why I ended up leaving school - because it required so much time, and it was such an excellent idea. I figured I would regret not going full force with this idea. It seemed we could make something of it.
这就是我最终离开学校的原因——因为这需要很多时间，而且这是一个非常棒的主意。我想我会后悔没有全力实施这个想法。看来我们能做点什么。
There is a fifth dimension, beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition.
在人类所知之外，还有第五维度。它是一个和空间一样广阔，和无限一样永恒的维度。它是光明与黑暗、科学与迷信之间的中间地带。
The foreign accent was a promise, and indeed, all over the country, European imports added spice to the sciences, the arts, and other areas. What one had to give was not considered inferior to what one received.
外国口音是一种承诺，事实上，在全国各地，欧洲的进口为科学、艺术和其他领域增添了情趣。一个人付出的并不比他得到的少。
I would not be gotten into a schoolhouse until I was eight years old. Nor did I accomplish much after I started. I doubt if I had gone to school six months in all when my father died. I was fourteen at the time.
我要到八岁才会进入学校。我开始后也没有取得多大成就。我怀疑父亲去世时我是否总共上了六个月学。那时我十四岁。
There is no area of the world that should not be investigated by scientists. There will always remain some questions that have not been answered. In general, these are the questions that have not yet been posed.
世界上没有任何地方不应该被科学家研究。总会有一些问题没有得到解答。一般来说，这些问题尚未提出。
Shun no toil to make yourself remarkable by some talent or other; yet do not devote yourself to one branch exclusively. Strive to get clear notions about all. Give up no science entirely; for science is but one.
不要逃避辛苦，让自己因这样或那样的才能而变得卓越;只是不可专心在一个枝子上。努力对所有事情都有清晰的概念。完全不放弃科学;因为科学只是其中之一。
The scientist who yields anything to theology, however slight, is yielding to ignorance and false pretenses, and as certainly as if he granted that a horse-hair put into a bottle of water will turn into a snake.
任何向神学屈服的科学家，无论多么微不足道，都是在向无知和虚假的伪装屈服，就像他肯定地承认把一根马毛放进一瓶水里就会变成一条蛇一样。
By the time I reached high school my father's grocery store had made our life adequately comfortable and I was able to choose, without any practical encumbrances, the subjects that I wanted to pursue in college.
当我上高中的时候，我父亲的杂货店已经让我们的生活足够舒适，我可以选择，没有任何实际的负担，我想在大学学习的科目。
When Kepler found his long-cherished belief did not agree with the most precise observation, he accepted the uncomfortable fact. He preferred the hard truth to his dearest illusions; that is the heart of science.
当开普勒发现他长期以来的信念与最精确的观测结果不一致时，他接受了这个令人不安的事实。他宁愿要严酷的事实，也不愿要他最宝贵的幻想;这就是科学的核心。
When I graduated from high school, the teacher said I was throwing my life away following music, and the same teacher invited me back to speak at the school. I don't say that to brag, I just want to be an example.
当我高中毕业的时候，老师说我把我的生命都浪费在音乐上了，那个老师邀请我回学校演讲。我这么说不是为了炫耀，我只是想做个榜样。
I like historical pieces. History was my favorite subject in school, it was the only subject I excelled in. I love the idea of history and the idea that we may have the opportunity to learn from our past mistakes.
我喜欢历史作品。历史是我在学校最喜欢的科目，它是我唯一擅长的科目。我喜欢历史的观念，喜欢我们有机会从过去的错误中吸取教训的观念。
I hope I give girls an opportunity to realize that they can swim and go to school at the same time. It's not to be given up once they get out of high school. They can continue doing it for the rest of their lives.
我希望我能给女孩们一个机会，让她们意识到她们可以一边游泳一边上学。一旦他们高中毕业就不能放弃。他们可以在以后的生活中继续这样做。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
There are no shortcuts in evolution.
在进化中没有捷径。
In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards.
首先，上帝创造了傻瓜。那是练习。然后他制作了校董会。
Science has sometimes been said to be opposed to faith, and inconsistent with it. But all science, in fact, rests on a basis of faith, for it assumes the permanence and uniformity of natural laws - a thing which can never be demonstrated.
科学有时被说成是与信仰对立的，而且与信仰不一致。但事实上，所有的科学都建立在信仰的基础上，因为它假定自然规律的持久性和统一性——这是永远无法证明的。
A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.
从未上过学的人可能从货车上偷东西;但是如果他受过大学教育，他可能会偷走整条铁路。
The science of today is the technology of tomorrow.
今天的科学就是明天的技术。
There is no way that writers can be tamed and rendered civilized or even cured. The only solution known to science is to provide the patient with an isolation room, where he can endure the acute stages in private and where food can be poked in to him with a stick.
作家不可能被驯服，变得文明，甚至被治愈。目前科学界所知的唯一解决办法是为病人提供一间隔离室，在那里他可以独自忍受急性期，食物可以用棍子戳进他的身体。