I find it rather easy to portray a businessman. Being bland, rather cruel and incompetent comes naturally to me.

  • -- John Cleese 约翰·克莱斯

我发现刻画一个商人相当容易。对我来说,温文尔雅、相当残酷和无能是天生的。

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It is fun being a strong person. You feel invincible like you can face anything that comes your way. But you know what sucks being one ? Actually, it is really a damn thing because when people know that you are strong, they think that it is okay to hurt you, over and over again.

做一个坚强的人很有趣。你觉得自己所向无敌,就像你能面对任何事情一样。但你知道什么最糟糕吗?事实上,这真的是一件该死的事情,因为当人们知道你很坚强的时候,他们认为伤害你是可以的,一次又一次。

Everything starts with yourself, with you making up your mind about what you're going to do with your life. I tell kids that it's a cruel world, and that the world will bend them either left or right, and it's up to them to decide which way to bend.

一切都从你自己开始,从你决定你的人生要做什么开始。我告诉孩子们,这是一个残酷的世界,这个世界会让他们向左或向右弯曲,这取决于他们决定向哪个方向弯曲。

It is easy to talk about tax simplification, and we all know it is very difficult to accomplish; but for the last three Congresses, I have offered a tax simplification bill that would include a paid-for repeal of alternative minimum tax.

谈论税收简化很容易,我们都知道这是很难做到的;但在过去的三届国会中,我提出了一项简化税收的法案,其中将包括废除替代最低税。

The object of man's worship, whatever it be, will naturally be his standard of perfection. He clothes it with every attribute, belonging, in his view, to a perfect character; and this character he himself endeavors to attain.

人类崇拜的对象,无论它是什么,自然会成为他的完美标准。在他看来,他的衣服具有完美性格的一切特征;他自己也在努力达到这个角色。

Every fact is related on one side to sensation, and, on the other, to morals. The game of thought is, on the appearance of one of these two sides, to find the other: given the upper, to find the under side.

每一个事实一方面与感觉有关,另一方面又与道德有关。思想的游戏是,在这两方面的一个方面出现后,找到另一个方面:给定上面的一面,找到下面的一面。

My concern has always been that people who I portray, or the professions that I portray, are not embarrassed by my portrayal of them.

我一直担心的是,我所扮演的人,或者我所扮演的职业,不会因为我对他们的描述而感到尴尬。

I'd rather be physically hurt than emotionally. Because you can put a band-aid onyour finger, but you can't put one on your heart.

我宁愿身体上受伤害,也不愿感情上受伤害。因为你可以把创可贴贴在手指上,但不能贴在心脏上。

That's one thing I find about having children - it does unlock a door that separates you from other women who've had children.

这是我发现的关于生孩子的一件事——它确实打开了一扇门,把你和其他有孩子的女性分开。

Explain to me, please, why in our literature and art so often people absolutely incompetent in this field have the final word.

请给我解释一下,为什么在我们的文学艺术中,总是有一些在这个领域绝对无能的人说了算。

It is unconditional compassion for ourselves that leads naturally to unconditional compassion for others.

对自己无条件的同情自然会导致对他人无条件的同情。

Happiness comes only when we push our brains and hearts to the farthest reaches of which we are capable.

只有当我们把我们的大脑和心灵推向我们所能到达的最远的地方,幸福才会到来。

The secret of ugliness consists not in irregularity, but in being uninteresting.

丑的秘密不在于不规则,而在于无趣。

I would rather not know about how one gets parts in movies these days.

我宁愿不知道如今人们是如何在电影中得到角色的。

The world of modeling can be hard; just as cruel as it is glamorous.

模特的世界可能很难;就像它的魅力一样残酷。

When you come right down to it, I guess I really am pretty bland.

当你说到它的时候,我想我真的很平淡。

The principles of true art is not to portray, but to evoke.

真正艺术的原则不是描绘,而是唤起。

You don't need magic to make wishes come true.

你不需要魔法来实现愿望。

I let people down easy with inspiration.

我的灵感很容易让人失望。