When a torrent sweeps a man against a boulder, you must expect him to scream, and you need not be surprised if the scream is sometimes a theory.

  • -- Robert Louis Stevenson 罗伯特·路易斯·史蒂文森

当激流把一个人冲到一块大石头上时,你必须期待他会尖叫,如果尖叫有时只是一种理论,你也不必感到惊讶。

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If we do discover a complete theory, it should be in time understandable in broad principle by everyone. Then we shall all, philosophers, scientists, and just ordinary people be able to take part in the discussion of why we and the universe exist.

如果我们确实发现了一个完整的理论,它应该在时间上被大家普遍理解。然后我们所有人,哲学家,科学家,和普通人都能参与到讨论为什么我们和宇宙存在。

There was a lot of Southern Baptist preachers and some yelling ones but mostly we had a pastor who didn't scream and I found a lot of comfort and joy and peace as a child hearing the Bible.

那里有很多南方浸信会的牧师,也有一些会大喊大叫的,但大多数情况下,我们有一个不会尖叫的牧师,当我还是个听着圣经的孩子时,我得到了很多安慰、快乐和和平。

Don't expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you'll have a trust fund. Maybe you'll have a wealthy spouse. But you never know when either of them might run out.

别指望别人会支持你。也许你会有一个信托基金。也许你会有一个富有的配偶。但你永远不知道它们什么时候会用完。

The man who ventures to write contemporary history must expect to be attacked both for everything he has said and everything he has not said.

一个敢于写现代史的人,一定会因为他说过的和没说过的东西而受到攻击。

Journalism was being whittled away by a Wall Street theory that profits can be maximized by minimizing the product.

华尔街的一种理论正在削弱新闻业,这种理论认为,利润可以通过最小化产品实现最大化。

The theatre is a gross art, built in sweeps and over-emphasis. Compromise is its second name.

剧院是一门粗制滥造的艺术,它的结构过于简单,过于强调重点。妥协是它的第二个名字。

Fame sweeps you away. I had to go home every six months to remember who I am.

名声会把你扫地出门。我必须每六个月回家一次,才能记住我是谁。