A good scientist is a person with original ideas. A good engineer is a person who makes a design that works with as few original ideas as possible. There are no prima donnas in engineering.

  • -- Freeman Dyson 弗里曼·戴森

一个好的科学家是有独到见解的人。一个好的工程师是一个人,他所做的设计尽量少用原创的想法。工程界没有杰出的学者。

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My own perception is that there are two tiers of countries, one, the original ASEAN, and then the new members. The new members are in various stages of development.

我个人的看法是,有两层国家,一层是最初的东盟,然后是新成员国。新成员正处于不同的发展阶段。

My personality resembles my designs to a large extent. I'm in sync with myself and I'm transparent, just like my designs.

我的个性在很大程度上与我的设计相似。我和我自己是同步的,我是透明的,就像我的设计一样。

For a person to live well, it is imperative to find the balance of things: not too much, not too less of everything.

一个人要想活得好,重要的是找到事物的平衡:不要太多,不要太少。

I am not really certain how original my contribution to music is as I am obviously an amateur.

我不确定我对音乐的贡献有多原创,因为我显然是个业余爱好者。

Scientists know so much about the natural world by knowing so much about whom they can trust.

科学家通过了解他们可以信任的人,对自然界了解得如此之多。

An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.

专家就是在一个非常狭窄的领域里犯过所有可能犯的错误的人。

Not so the scientist. The very essence of his life is the service of truth.

但这位科学家并非如此。他生命的本质是为真理服务。

If you play a tune and a person don't tap their feet, don't play the tune.

如果你演奏一个曲子,而一个人不轻拍他的脚,那就不要演奏曲子。

I'm a designer, I love it, and I haven't worked this hard to do bad work.

我是一名设计师,我喜欢它,我从来没有这么努力去做不好的工作。

The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.

衡量智力的标准是改变的能力。