Politics is the diversion of trivial men who, when they succeed at it, become important in the eyes of more trivial men.

  • -- George Jean Nathan 内森

政治是庸人的消遣,当他们在政治上取得成功时,在更多庸人的眼里就变得重要了。

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We know we cannot underestimate the importance of emergency planning in our region, nor can we assume we'll have ample warning time. If an earthquake or terrorist attack hits, we won't necessarily have advance alerts or opportunities to double- and triple-check our plans.

我们知道,我们不能低估本地区紧急规划的重要性,也不能假定我们将有充足的预警时间。如果发生地震或恐怖袭击,我们不一定要提前发出警报,也不一定有机会对我们的计划进行反复检查。

The duty of a toastmaster is to be so dull that the succeeding speakers will appear brilliant by contrast.

演讲会主持人的职责就是枯燥无味,让后面的演讲者在对比之下显得才华横溢。

During my career several people have tried to push me out the door... Nobody has succeeded yet.

在我的职业生涯中,有几个人试图把我赶出公司。还没有人成功。

Without education we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously.

没有教育,我们就有把受过教育的人当回事的可怕和致命的危险。