Time and space - time to be alone, space to move about - these may well become the great scarcities of tomorrow.

  • -- Edwin Way Teale 艾温·威·蒂尔

时间和空间——独处的时间,四处走动的空间——这些很可能成为明天的巨大稀缺。

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As the earth spins through space, a view from above the North Pole would encompass most of the wealth of the world - most of its food, productive machines, doctors, engineers and teachers. A view from the opposite pole would encompass most of the world's poor.

当地球在太空中旋转时,从北极上方看到的景象将包括世界上大部分的财富——大部分食物、生产机器、医生、工程师和教师。从相反的角度看,世界上大多数的穷人都是如此。

The Creator has not thought proper to mark those in the forehead who are of stuff to make good generals. We are first, therefore, to seek them blindfold, and then let them learn the trade at the expense of great losses.

造物主认为不应该在额头上标记出那些有能力成为优秀将军的人。因此,我们首先要蒙住他们的眼睛,然后让他们以巨大的损失为代价来学习交易。

Many who have had an opportunity of knowing any more about mathematics confuse it with arithmetic, and consider it an arid science. In reality, however, it is a science which requires a great amount of imagination.

许多曾经有机会了解更多数学知识的人把数学和算术混为一谈,认为数学是一门枯燥无味的科学。然而,在现实中,这是一门需要大量想象力的科学。

Nature is as wasteful of promising young men as she is of fish-spawn. It’s not just getting them killed in wars: mere middle age snuffs out ten times more talent than ever wars and sudden death do.

大自然既浪费有前途的年轻人,也浪费鱼卵。这不仅仅是让他们在战争中丧生:仅仅中年就扼杀了十倍于以往任何战争和猝死的人才。

The scarcity of the music not only makes the music itself enjoyable but it also gives the collector a strange sense of superiority.

音乐的稀缺性不仅使音乐本身令人愉快,而且给了收藏家一种奇怪的优越感。

If you're going to buy a real book, a paper book, there better be a good reason. Perhaps scarcity is one of those reasons.

如果你想买一本真正的书,一本纸质书,最好有一个好的理由。也许稀缺就是其中一个原因。

I always believe in doing new things and using new materials that I have never used or that I didn't like for a long time.

我总是相信做新事物和使用新材料,我从来没有使用或我不喜欢很长一段时间。

Our goal is to show that you can develop a robust, safe manned space program and do it at an extremely low cost.

我们的目标是向世人展示,你们能够以极低的成本开发出一个强大、安全的载人航天项目。