If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.

如果A代表一個人的成功，那么A等于x加y加z。勤奮工作是x，y是娛樂，而z是把嘴閉上。

I never think of the future. It comes soon enough.

我從不去想未來。因為它來得已經(jīng)夠快的了。

Intellectuals solve problems; geniuses prevent them.

智者解決問題，天才預(yù)防問題。

A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.

一個從不犯錯誤的人，一定從來沒有嘗試過任何新鮮事物。

Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.

只有利他的生活才是值得過的生活。

Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love.

萬有引力可無法對墜入愛河的人負責(zé)。

Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school.

教育就是當(dāng)一個人把在學(xué)校所學(xué)全部忘光之后剩下的東西。(愛氏自言引述某前人的話)

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.

人生就像騎單車。想保持平衡就得往前走。

Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one’s living at it.

科學(xué)是個美妙的東西——如果無須靠它維生的話。

The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them.

我們不能用制造問題時的同一水平思維來解決問題。

It is harder to crack a prejudice than an atom.

要打破人的偏見比崩解一個原子還難。

It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.

我并不是很聰明，我只是和問題相處得比較久一點。

Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.

常識就是人到十八歲為止所累積的各種偏見。

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

精神錯亂： 一遍又一遍地重復(fù)作同一件事卻期待會有不同的結(jié)果。

Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius— and a lot of courage— to move in the opposite direction.

任何一個有智力的笨蛋都可以把事情搞得更大，更復(fù)雜，也更激烈。往相反的方向前進則需要天份，以及很大的勇氣。