Accuracy to a newspaper is what virtue is to a lady; but a newspaper can always print a retraction.

  • -- Adlai E. Stevenson II 阿德莱·史蒂文森二世

准确之于报纸,犹如美德之于女士;但报纸总是可以刊登一份撤回声明。

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To me, the newspaper business was a way to learn about life and how things worked in the real world and how people spoke. You learn all the skills - you learn to listen, you learn to take notes - everything you use later as a novelist was valuable training in the newspaper world. But I always wanted to write novels.

对我来说,报纸行业是一种了解生活的方式,了解现实世界中的事物以及人们如何说话。你学会了所有的技巧——你学会了倾听,你学会了记笔记——你以后作为小说家所使用的一切都是在报界得到的宝贵训练。但我一直想写小说。

When you're given a newspaper column, you're not being paid to sit on a fence and scratch your chin and say 'On the one hand this' and 'On the other hand that.' You're getting paid for your opinion.

当你拿到一篇报纸专栏文章时,你并不是靠坐在栅栏上挠挠下巴,一边说“这个”,一边说“那个”来赚钱的。“你的意见是有报酬的。

Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty; inaccuracy, of dishonesty.

准确是诚实的孪生兄弟;不准确,不诚实。

Accuracy of observation is the equivalent of accuracy of thinking.

观察的准确性等同于思考的准确性。