An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen today.

  • -- Laurence J. Peter 劳伦斯·彼得

经济学家是专家,他明天就会知道为什么他昨天预测的事情今天没有发生。

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I got married and decided I wanted to do a dance record, and I didn't ever expect for it to be what it was or for the 'No Doubt' thing to be such a long break, but it was one of those things where you just had to sort of follow your inspiration.

结婚的时候,我觉得我想做一个舞蹈记录,和我不期望它是什么或“毫无疑问”的这样一个长时间的休息,但这是不可避免的事,你只需要跟着你的灵感。

I've never run into a guy who could win at the top level in anything today and didn't have the right attitude, didn't give it everything he had, at least while he was doing it; wasn't prepared and didn't have the whole program worked out.

我从来没有遇到过一个人,他今天可以在任何顶级赛事中获胜,但他没有正确的态度,没有付出他所拥有的一切,至少在他这么做的时候;没有做好准备,也没有把整个计划做好。

Young women today often have very little appreciation for the real battles that took place to get women where they are today in this country. I don't know how much history young women today know about those battles.

今天的年轻女性往往对发生在这个国家的真正战斗没有多少感激之情。我不知道今天的年轻女性对这些战争了解多少。

Each of us has an inner dream that we can unfold if we will just have the courage to admit what it is. And the faith to trust our own admission. The admitting is often very difficult.

我们每个人都有一个内心的梦想,只要我们有勇气承认它是什么,我们就能实现它。相信我们自己的信仰。承认往往是非常困难的。

When humor can be made to alternate with melancholy, one has a success, but when the same things are funny and melancholic at the same time, it's just wonderful.

当幽默可以和忧郁交替时,一个人就成功了,但当同样的事情同时有趣和忧郁时,那就太好了。

I find that every day is not about where I'll be tomorrow, but it's about what I'm doing today and staying in the moment.

我发现,每一天都不是为了明天在哪里,而是为了今天做什么,活在当下。

I feel great, very healthy and alive and really happy that I can remember yesterday and I can remember the day before.

我感觉很好,很健康,很有活力,真的很开心,因为我能记住昨天和前天。

The novel is the highest form of human expression so far attained. Why? Because it is so incapable of the absolute.

小说是迄今为止人类表达的最高形式。为什么?因为它无法做到绝对。

The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who writes about all people and about all time.

写自己和自己时间的人,是唯一一个写所有人和所有时间的人。

When you don't know that you don't know, it's a lot different than when you do know that you don't know.

当你不知道你不知道的时候,和你知道你不知道的时候有很大的不同。

So many of the things I've predicted were technologies that were just sitting right in front of us.

我预测的很多事情都是技术就在我们面前。

Our ancestors always thought of the worst thing that could happen, and that's why we're alive.

我们的祖先总是想到可能发生的最坏的事情,这就是我们活着的原因。

I've never predicted anything. All I have ever said is, that we will do the very best we can.

我从来没有预测过。我曾经说过的就是,我们会尽我们所能做到最好。

If you love someone, be sure to hold them close. Because if you don't, someone else will.

如果你爱一个人,一定要紧紧地拥抱他们。因为如果你不这么做,别人就会这么做。

I'm not really a relationship expert but ...I'm an expert on manhood and what men think.

我不是恋爱专家,但…我是研究男人气概和男人的想法的专家。

Teach a parrot the terms 'supply and demand' and you've got an economist.

教一只鹦鹉“供给和需求”这两个术语,你就有了一位经济学家。

I keep very weird hours. I never know when I'm going to get an idea.

我的作息时间很奇怪。我永远不知道我什么时候会有想法。

An economist's guess is liable to be as good as anybody else's.

经济学家的猜测可能和其他人一样好。

Yesterday is but today's memory, tomorrow is today's dream.

昨天只是今天的回忆,明天只是今天的梦想。

Don't lose hope. You never know what tomorrow will bring.

不要失去希望。你永远不知道明天会发生什么。

Talking is always positive. That's why I talk too much.

说话总是积极的。这就是为什么我说得太多。

Who's to say who's an expert?

谁能说谁是专家?