I cannot help fearing that men may reach a point where they look on every new theory as a danger, every innovation as a toilsome trouble, every social advance as a first step toward revolution, and that they may absolutely refuse to move at all.

-- Alexis de Tocqueville 托克维尔

我不禁担心，人们可能会把每一种新理论都看成是一种危险，把每一项创新都看成是一种辛苦的麻烦，把每一项社会进步都看成是走向革命的第一步，而他们可能会完全拒绝前进。

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While advances in scientific research have led to some new and exciting treatments that have enlarged and enhanced the quality and length of human life, we must not lose sight as to what we are trying to accomplish.

尽管科学研究的进步导致了一些新的令人兴奋的治疗方法，这些方法已经扩大和提高了人类的生活质量和寿命，但我们决不能忽视我们正在努力实现的目标。

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What you think means more than anything else in your life. More than what you earn, more than where you live, more than your social position, and more than what anyone else may think about you.

你所想的比你生命中的任何事情都重要。比你挣的多，比你住的地方多，比你的社会地位多，比别人对你的看法多。

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We need more foreign reach; no question about that. And we're working on getting that. We need more people abroad; we need some more bureaus. That is really an important job.

我们需要更多的海外业务;这是毫无疑问的。我们正在努力做到这一点。我们需要更多的人出国;我们需要更多的分局。那真是一项重要的工作。

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The divine right of husbands, like the divine right of kings, may, it is hoped, in this enlightened age, be contested without danger.

丈夫的神圣权利，就像国王的神圣权利一样，希望在这个开明的时代，可以毫无危险地进行竞争。

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In moments of great uncertainty on my travels, I have always felt that something is protecting me, that I will come to no harm.

在我旅途中充满不确定的时刻，我总觉得有什么东西在保护着我，我不会受到伤害。

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Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse.

没有传统，艺术就像一群羊没有牧人。没有创新，它就是一具尸体。

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And the spirit of revolution will not die while the hearts of these workers continue to beat.

只要这些工人的心继续跳动，革命精神就不会消亡。

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Anytime you see a turtle up on top of a fence post, you know he had some help.

每当你看到一只乌龟站在栅栏上，你就知道它得到了帮助。

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With all the advances, they really do make a difference in the outcome.

随着所有的进步，它们确实对结果产生了影响。

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I have always said that we did not expect a revolution in the streets.

我一直说，我们没有料到街头会发生革命。

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One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea.

人性最大的痛苦之一就是新思想的痛苦。

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I'm a God-fearing man who worships with my heart and with my life.

我是一个虔诚的人，用我的心和我的生命来崇拜上帝。

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Art is nothing if you don't reach every segment of the people.

如果你不能接触到每一个人，艺术就什么都不是。

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To oblige persons often costs little and helps much.

施惠于人往往花费少而帮助大。

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I cannot help fearing that men may reach a point where they look on every new theory as a danger, every innovation as a toilsome trouble, every social advance as a first step toward revolution, and that they may absolutely refuse to move at all.

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