Every step and every movement of the multitude, even in what are termed enlightened ages, are made with equal blindness to the future; and nations stumble upon establishments, which are indeed the result of human action, but not the execution of any human design.

  • -- Adam Ferguson 亚当·弗格森

群众的每一步每一个动作,即使在所谓开明的时代,对未来也同样是盲目的;国家偶然发现了制度,这确实是人类行为的结果,但不是人类设计的结果。

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Fulfill - you can far more than fulfill - the brightest anticipations of those who, in the name of human freedom, and in the face of threats that have ripened into terrible realities since, fought that battle which placed you where you now stand.

那些以人类自由的名义,面对从那时起已发展成可怕现实的威胁,打了一场使你们站在今天这个位置上的战斗的人们,实现了他们最光明的期望。

Design can never be an ultimate explanation for anything. It can only be a proximate explanation. A plane or a car is explained by a designer but that's because the designer himself, the engineer, is explained by natural selection.

设计永远不可能是对任何事情的最终解释。这只能是一个近似的解释。飞机或汽车是由设计师来解释的,但那是因为设计师本身,即工程师,是由自然选择来解释的。

My particular aesthetic of light and color and design wouldn't change as a result of working with computer graphics rather than with slit scan or miniatures.

我对光、颜色和设计的特殊审美不会因为使用计算机图形而改变,而不是使用狭缝扫描或微缩模型。

Every movement, every glance, every thought, and every word can be infused with love.

每一个动作,每一个眼神,每一个想法,每一句话都可以充满爱。

Most human beings are quite likeable if you do not see too much of them.

如果你不经常见到他们,大多数人都是很可爱的。

I was never Vice Chair of the Troops Out Movement.

我从来没有担任过部队撤离运动的副主席。