No society has been able to abolish human sadness, no political system can deliver us from the pain of living, from our fear of death, our thirst for the absolute. It is the human condition that directs the social condition, not vice versa.

  • -- Eugene Ionesco 尤内斯库

没有一个社会能够消除人类的悲伤,没有一个政治制度能够把我们从生活的痛苦、对死亡的恐惧和对绝对的渴望中解救出来。是人的条件决定了社会的条件,而不是社会条件决定人的条件。

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If even in science there is no a way of judging a theory but by assessing the number, faith and vocal energy of its supporters, then this must be even more so in the social sciences: truth lies in power.

即使是在科学领域,也没有一种方法来判断一个理论,而只能通过评估其支持者的数量、信仰和声音能量来判断,那么在社会科学领域,情况更是如此:真理在于力量。

I take my job as a rock and roll sax player very seriously. To do it the way that I must do it, I must be in good condition. The better shape you're in, the harder you can rock.

作为一名摇滚萨克斯管演奏者,我非常认真地对待我的工作。要以我必须的方式做这件事,我必须处于良好的状态。你的身材越好,你就越能摇滚。

It's such a human condition, whether you're a great track star or a great knitting person or you paint watercolors - someone knows who you are.

无论你是一个伟大的田径明星,一个伟大的编织家,还是你画水彩画,这都是一种人类的状态——有人知道你是谁。

Scientists are human, they're as biased as any other group. But they do have one great advantage in that science is a self-correcting process.

科学家是人,他们和其他群体一样有偏见。但它们确实有一个很大的优势,那就是科学是一个自我修正的过程。

To be human is to keep rattling the bars of the cage of existence, hollering, 'What's it for?'

做一个人,就是不停地摇动着生存之笼的铁栏门,大声喊道:“这是干什么用的?”

When red-haired people are above a certain social grade their hair is auburn.

当红头发的人超过一定的社会等级时,他们的头发是赤褐色的。