The progress of geology has been greatly retarded by the substitution of imaginary causes for the real.
地质学的进步因用想象的原因代替真实的原因而大大受阻。
"The thing about smart people is that they seem like crazy people to dumb people."
Concerning the gods, I have no means of knowing whether they exist or not or of what sort they may be. Many things prevent knowledge including the obscurity of the subject and the brevity of human life.
我相信讲故事的力量。正是通过故事，我们彼此联系并理解人类的经历。