Instead of saying that man is the creature of circumstance, it would be nearer the mark to say that man is the architect of circumstance

  • -- Thomas Carlyle 托马斯·卡莱尔

与其说人是环境的产物,不如说人是环境的建筑师

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We are more thoroughly an enlightened people, with respect to our political interests, than perhaps any other under heaven. Every man among us reads, and is so easy in his circumstances as to have leisure for conversations of improvement and for acquiring information.

就我们的政治利益而言,我们比世界上任何其他民族都更彻底地是一个开明的民族。我们当中的每一个人都读书,在他所处的环境中,读书是如此的容易,以致于有空闲的时间来讨论进步和获取信息。

Circumstances cause us to act the way we do. We should always bear this in mind before judging the actions of others. I realized this from the start during World War II.

环境使我们这样做。在评判别人的行为之前,我们应该永远记住这一点。我从第二次世界大战开始就意识到了这一点。

I hear people saying 'the way the game should be played'. Rubbish. That's the worst saying in football. You win the game, then worry about the way it should be played.

我听到人们说‘游戏应该这样玩’。垃圾。这是足球中最糟糕的说法。你赢了这场比赛,然后担心应该怎么打。

I don't want a headline saying 'Kennedy suggests this or implies that.'

我不想要一个标题写着“肯尼迪暗示了这个或暗示了那个”。