If a cat does something, we call it instinct; if we do the same thing, for the same reason, we call it intelligence.

  • -- Will Cuppy 威尔·卡皮

如果一只猫做了什么,我们称之为本能;如果我们出于同样的原因做同样的事情,我们称之为智慧。

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Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey 'people.' People say different things: so do instincts. Our instincts are at war... Each instinct, if you listen to it, will claim to be gratified at the expense of the rest.

告诉我们要服从本能就像告诉我们要服从人一样。人们会说不同的话,直觉也是如此。我们的本能处于战争状态…每一种本能,如果你听从它,都会声称以牺牲其他本能为代价而得到满足。

When we forgive evil we do not excuse it, we do not tolerate it, we do not smother it. We look the evil full in the face, call it what it is, let its horror shock and stun and enrage us, and only then do we forgive it.

当我们原谅罪恶时,我们不会原谅它,我们不会容忍它,我们不会扼杀它。我们直面邪恶,不管它是什么,让它的恐怖震撼、震撼、激怒我们,只有这样我们才会原谅它。

One of the reasons why you like to do your own drawings is, your style changes over time. And there's something about that that keeps it fresh to the viewer.

你喜欢自己画画的原因之一是,你的风格会随着时间而改变。有一些东西能让观众保持新鲜感。

The entrepreneurial instinct is in you. You can't learn it, you can't buy it, you can't put it in a bottle. It's just there and it comes out.

你有创业的本能。你不能学,你不能买,你不能把它装在瓶子里。它就在那里,然后出来。

Nowadays I know the true reason I read is to feel less alone, to make a connection with a consciousness other than my own.

如今,我知道我阅读的真正原因是感到不那么孤独,与一种不同于我自己的意识建立联系。

You call yourself what you want to call yourself.

你想怎么称呼自己就怎么称呼自己。