Imagination has brought mankind through the dark ages to its present state of civilization. Imagination led Columbus to discover America. Imagination led Franklin to discover electricity.

  • -- L. Frank Baum 李曼·法兰克·鲍姆

想象把人类从黑暗时代带到今天的文明状态。想象力使哥伦布发现了美洲。想象力使富兰克林发现了电。

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Edible substances evoke the secretion of thick, concentrated saliva. Why? The answer, obviously, is that this enables the mass of food to pass smoothly through the tube leading from the mouth into the stomach.

可食用的物质使人分泌浓稠的唾液。为什么?显然,答案是,这使得大量的食物能够顺利地通过从嘴到胃的管子。

Happiness, I do not know where to turn to discover you on earth, in the air or the sky; yet I know you exist and are no futile dream.

幸福,我不知道到哪里去寻找你,在地上,在空中,还是在天空;但我知道你的存在,并不是徒劳的梦想。

Imagination doesn't always mean looking outside of the box, but taking a closed box and seeing a different world from within it.

想象并不总是意味着往盒子外看,而是从一个封闭的盒子里看一个不同的世界。

It is an overactive imagination that turns men into cowards, not a surfeit of fear, as many believe.

过度活跃的想象力会把人变成懦夫,而不是像许多人认为的那样,让人恐惧过度。

If you do not know how to ask the right question, you discover nothing.

如果你不知道如何问正确的问题,你将一无所获。

I'm a heavy smoker. I go through two lighters a day.

我是个烟鬼。我一天要用两个打火机。