All of us failed to match our dreams of perfection. So I rate us on the basis of our splendid failure to do the impossible.

  • -- William Faulkner 威廉·福克纳

我们所有人都未能实现完美的梦想。因此,我对我们的评价是基于我们出色地完成了不可能完成的任务。

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There is always some specific moment when we become aware that our youth is gone; but, years after, we know it was much later.

总有某个特定的时刻,我们会意识到自己的青春已经逝去;但是,多年以后,我们知道那是很久以后的事了。

Art is the right hand of Nature. The latter has only given us being, the former has made us men.

艺术是大自然的右手。后者只给了我们生命,前者造就了我们人类。

It's not a very high failure rate if you choose people that you really like the sound of.

如果你选择的是你真正喜欢的人,那么失败率并不高。

The love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border?

爱国是一件了不起的事情。但为什么爱要止步于边界?

Oakland revolved around Forbes Field. Nothing in the city could match that atmosphere.

奥克兰围绕着福布斯球场旋转。在这个城市里,没有什么能比得上那种气氛。

It is not so much our friends' help that helps us, as the confidence of their help.

帮助我们的与其说是朋友的帮助,不如说是他们帮助我们的信心。

Rationalism is the enemy of art, though necessary as a basis for architecture.

理性主义是艺术的敌人,尽管作为建筑的基础是必要的。

Beware of no man more than of yourself; we carry our worst enemies within us.

除了你自己,不要提防任何人;我们最大的敌人就在我们内心。

Many of the things that seem impossible now will become realities tomorrow.

许多现在看来不可能的事情明天就会变成现实。

Having your work be the basis of fame, that's a far more stable feeling.

让你的工作成为成名的基础,这是一种更稳定的感觉。

Relax, Georgie, I'm just making my collar and cuffs match.

放松点,乔治,我只是在搭配我的领子和袖口。

I love those who yearn for the impossible.

我爱那些渴望不可能的人。

At this rate, I'll live forever.

照这个速度,我将永远活着。