A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
函数
Function
To make us feel small in the right way is a function of art; men can only make us feel small in the wrong way.
以正确的方式让我们感到渺小是艺术的一种功能;男人只会让我们以错误的方式感到渺小。
I write in order to attain that feeling of tension relieved and function achieved which a cow enjoys on giving milk.
我写作的目的是为了获得一种放松的感觉，达到奶牛在挤奶时享受的功能。
The function of Theology? The recitation of the incomprehensible by the unspeakable to pick the pockets of the unthinking.
神学的功能?无法言说的人背诵那些无法理解的东西，从而窃取那些没有思想的人的口袋。
Form and function are a unity, two sides of one coin. In order to enhance function, appropriate form must exist or be created.
形式和功能是一个整体，一个硬币的两面。为了增强功能，必须存在或创建适当的表单。
I find little in the works of Beethoven, Berlioz, Wagner and others when they are led by a conductor who functions like a windmill.
我在贝多芬、柏辽兹、瓦格纳和其他作曲家的作品中发现，当他们由一个像风车一样运转的指挥家指挥时，他们的作品很少。
Prediction is not just one of the things your brain does. It is the primary function of the neo-cortex, and the foundation of intelligence.
预测不仅仅是你的大脑所做的事情之一。它是新皮质的主要功能，也是智力的基础。
The more books we read, the clearer it becomes that the true function of a writer is to produce a masterpiece and that no other task is of any consequence.
我们读的书越多，就越清楚地认识到，作家的真正职责是创作一部杰作，没有其他任何任务是重要的。
The function of intellect is to provide a means of modifying our reactions to the circumstances of life, so that we may secure pleasure, the symptom of welfare.
智力的作用是提供一种方法来改变我们对生活环境的反应，使我们能够获得快乐，这是幸福的征兆。
The first and most optimistic response was complete rational expectations econometrics. A rational expectations equilibrium is a likelihood function. Maximize it.
第一个也是最乐观的回应是完全理性预期计量经济学。理性预期均衡是一个似然函数。最大化。
The true function of philosophy is to educate us in the principles of reasoning and not to put an end to further reasoning by the introduction of fixed conclusions.
哲学的真正功能是教育我们推理的原则，而不是通过引入固定的结论来结束进一步的推理。
My function is, as objectively and accurately as I can, to present reality to people out there, and doing that as quickly as we do is quite difficult enough, thank you.
我的职责是，尽可能客观、准确地向人们展示现实，而我们这么快就做到这一点是相当困难的，谢谢。
The function of the killer and watching him - whatever that says about the world in which we live - it was always more about that world than it was about the actual watching.
凶手的作用和观察他——不管这说明了我们生活的世界是怎样的——总是更多地是关于那个世界，而不是真正的观察。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Recognition of function always precedes recognition of being.
对功能的认识总是先于对存在的认识。
Companies used to be able to function with autocratic bosses. We don't live in that world anymore.
公司过去能够与专制的老板共事。我们不再生活在那个世界上了。
There is a role and function for beauty in our time.
在我们这个时代，美是有作用的。
I don't function well in chaos, whether it be my sheets or the dishwasher.
我在混乱中不能很好地工作，无论是我的床单还是洗碗机。