The thing about smart people is that they seem like crazy people to dumb people.
聰明人的問題是,他們在愚蠢的人看來就像瘋子。
The only thing that scares me more than space aliens is the idea that there aren't any space aliens. We can't be the best that creation has to offer. I pray we're not all there is. If so, we're in big trouble.
唯一比外星人更讓我害怕的是沒有外星人。我們不能是創(chuàng)造物中最好的。我祈禱我們不是全部。如果是這樣,我們就麻煩大了。
The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition.
預(yù)測未來的最好方法就是去創(chuàng)造它。
The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.
應(yīng)對(duì)不自由世界的唯一方法是變得如此絕對(duì)自由,以至于你的存在本身就是一種反抗。
The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.
小說和現(xiàn)實(shí)的區(qū)別?小說必須講得通。
The truth is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution.
真相是一件美麗而可怕的事情,因此應(yīng)該非常謹(jǐn)慎地對(duì)待。
The first rule of government spending: why build one when you can have two at twice the price?
政府開支的第一條規(guī)則:為什么只建一個(gè),當(dāng)你可以用兩倍的價(jià)格建兩個(gè)時(shí)?
The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.
捍衛(wèi)英語純正性的問題在于,英語就像妓院里的妓女一樣純潔。我們不只是借用詞匯;有時(shí),英語會(huì)追著其他語言進(jìn)入小巷,把它們打暈,然后從它們的口袋里翻找新詞匯。
The universe is a pretty big place. If it's just us, seems like an awful waste of space.
宇宙是一個(gè)相當(dāng)大的地方。如果只有我們,那似乎是對(duì)空間的極大浪費(fèi)。
"The best way to predict the future is to invent it."