I protest that if some great Power would agree to make me always think what is true and do what is right, on condition of being turned into a sort of clock and would up every morning before I got out of bed, I should instantly close with the offer.

  • -- Thomas Henry Huxley 赫胥黎

我抗议说,如果某个大国愿意让我永远思考什么是真的,做什么是对的,条件是把我变成一种时钟,每天早上在我起床之前就起床,那么我就应该立刻结束这个提议。

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I think you always have to be aware of where he (Young) is and not turn your back on him. Some teams play man-to-man, turn their back and all of a sudden he's gone; he gets out of the pocket and scrambles. You've got to know where he is and know he can make something out of nothing at any time.

我认为你必须时刻注意他(年轻)在哪里,不要对他不理不睬。有些球队打一对一的比赛,背对着对方,突然间他就消失了;他从口袋里爬了出来。你必须知道他在哪里,知道他可以在任何时候无中生有。

The winners in life think constantly in terms of I can, I will, and I am. Losers, on the other hand, concentrate their waking thoughts on what they should have or would have done, or what they can't do.

生活中的成功者常常思考“我能做什么、我愿意做什么、我就是我”的问题。另一方面,失败者则把他们清醒时的思想集中在他们应该做或应该做的事情上,或者他们不能做的事情上。

Some people think having large breasts makes a woman stupid. Actually, it's quite the opposite: a woman having large breasts makes men stupid.

有些人认为拥有丰满的胸部会让女人变得愚蠢。事实上,恰恰相反:女人的胸部越大,男人就越笨。

One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn't do.

一个人最伟大的发现之一,他最大的惊喜之一,就是发现他能做他害怕自己不能做的事情。

I don't have to wait until the next morning to regret something I did that was kinda dumb.

我不必等到第二天早上才后悔我做了一件有点傻的事。

Order is a necessary condition for anything the human mind is to understand.

秩序是任何人类头脑能够理解的事物的必要条件。

That's what is great about what I do, going from one job to the other.

这就是我所做的很棒的地方,从一份工作换到另一份工作。

We cannot start over, but we can begin now, and make a new ending.

我们不能从头开始,但我们可以从现在开始,创造一个新的结局。

Never face facts; if you do you'll never get up in the morning.

从来没有面对现实;如果你这样做,你将永远不会在早上起床。

The will to conquer is the first condition of victory.

征服的意志是胜利的首要条件。

There is always safety in valor.

勇猛总是安全的。

A habit does not a monk make.

和尚不能养成习惯。