As a social good, I think privacy is greatly overrated because privacy basically means concealment. People conceal things in order to fool other people about them. They want to appear healthier than they are, smarter, more honest and so forth.

  • -- Richard Posner 波斯纳

作为一种社会公益,我认为隐私被严重高估了,因为隐私基本上意味着隐藏。人们隐瞒事情是为了愚弄别人。他们想表现得比自己更健康,更聪明,更诚实等等。

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I think my uncle was probably the biggest influence in my life. We grew up in the same house, and he was just a really great, hard-working, honest, ethical person.

我想我叔叔可能是我一生中影响最大的人。我们在同一个房子里长大,他是一个非常伟大、勤奋、诚实、有道德的人。

I think there are a lot of honest people doing honest business on online auctions. But the control on these Web sites is pretty minimal.

我认为有很多诚实的人在网上拍卖做诚实的生意。但是对这些网站的控制是非常小的。

My peers say I have made a difference. That means more to me than winning an Oscar.

我的同事们说我已经做出了改变。对我来说,这比赢得奥斯卡奖更重要。

Reality means you live until you die. The real truth is nobody wants reality.

现实意味着你活到死。真正的事实是没有人想要现实。

Logical consequences are the scarecrows of fools and the beacons of wise men.

逻辑的结果是愚人的稻草人和智者的灯塔。

A fool's tongue is long enough to cut his own throat.

蠢人的舌头长到足以割破自己的喉咙。