The reserve of modern assertions is sometimes pushed to extremes, in which the fear of being contradicted leads the writer to strip himself of almost all sense and meaning.

  • -- Winston Churchill 温斯顿·丘吉尔

现代断言的含蓄有时被推到极端,在这种情况下,对被反驳的恐惧使作者几乎丧失了所有的意义和意义。

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It's nice to be in a situation where the two books that I write for a sort of regular monthly income are also works that I enjoy immensely, rather than them being some kind of bread and butter, do it because you have to do it.

我为每月固定收入所写的两本书,也是我非常喜欢的作品,而不是像面包和黄油那样,因为你必须做,所以你要做。

I'm an inventor. I became interested in long-term trends because an invention has to make sense in the world in which it is finished, not the world in which it is started.

我是一个发明家。我之所以对长期趋势感兴趣,是因为一项发明必须在它完成的地方有意义,而不是在它开始的地方。

A writer should write with his eyes and a painter paint with his ears.

作家应该用眼睛写作,画家应该用耳朵作画。

How can people stay sane in a world that makes no sense?

在一个毫无意义的世界里,人们如何保持理智?