To act with common sense according to the moment, is the best wisdom I know; and the best philosophy is to do one's duties, take the world as it comes, submit respectfully to one's lot; bless the goodness that has given us so much happiness with it,

  • -- Horace Walpole 霍勒斯·沃波尔

我所知道的最好的智慧,就是根据当时的情况,用常识行事;最好的哲学是尽自己的责任,顺其自然,恭敬地服从自己的命运;上帝保佑赐予我们如此多幸福的善良,

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It takes a lot of imagination to be a good photographer. You need less imagination to be a painter because you can invent things. But in photography everything is so ordinary; it takes a lot of looking before you learn to see the extraordinary.

成为一名优秀的摄影师需要很大的想象力。成为一名画家,你不需要太多的想象力,因为你可以创造东西。但在摄影中,一切都是那么平凡;在你学会看到不平凡之前,你需要仔细观察。

I have the terrible feeling that, because I am wearing a white beard and am sitting in the back of the theatre, you expect me to tell you the truth about something. These are the cheap seats, not Mount Sinai.

我有一种可怕的感觉,因为我留着白胡子,坐在剧院后面,你指望我告诉你一些事情的真相。这些是便宜的座位,不是西奈山。

I wish more people felt that photography was an adventure the same as life itself and felt that their individual feelings were worth expressing. To me, that makes photography more exciting.

我希望更多的人觉得摄影是一种和生活本身一样的冒险,觉得自己的个人感受是值得表达的。对我来说,这让摄影更令人兴奋。

Getting a dog is like getting married. It teaches you to be less self-centered, to accept sudden, surprising outbursts of affection, and not to be upset by a few scratches on your car.

养狗就像结婚一样。它教会你不要那么以自我为中心,要接受突然的、令人惊讶的感情爆发,不要因为汽车上的几处刮痕而心烦意乱。

An actor is totally vulnerable. His total personality is exposed to critical judgment - his intellect, his bearing, his diction, his whole appearance. In short, his ego.

演员是完全脆弱的。他的全部性格都暴露在批判性的判断之下——他的智慧、他的举止、他的措辞、他的整个外表。简而言之,他的自负。

I swear by my life and my love of it that I shall not live for the sake of another man nor ask another man to live for mine.

我以我的生命和我对生命的热爱起誓,我不会为别人而活,也不会要求别人为我而活。

Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don't fight them. Just find a new way to stand.

挑战是迫使我们寻找新的重心的礼物。别打架。只要找到一种新的站立方式。

I always thought that common sense would prevail. But on a game show, there is no common sense.

我一直认为常识会占上风。但在游戏节目中,没有常识。

I always try to believe the best of everybody -- it saves so much trouble.

我总是尽量相信每个人最好的一面,这样可以省去很多麻烦。

Man adapts himself to everything, to the best and the worst.

人使自己适应一切,适应最好的和最坏的。