If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.

  • -- Abigail Van Buren 范布伦

如果你想让孩子们脚踏实地,就要让他们负些责任。

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As the director of an opera, it is my responsibility to unify the style of the particular performance, but one can certainly approach the piece from different points of view. That's what makes it interesting and keeps it alive.

作为一个歌剧的导演,我的责任是统一特定表演的风格,但一个人当然可以从不同的角度来对待作品。这就是它有趣的地方,让它保持活力。

A news organization has a much different responsibility. I might not be telling you the whole story. I might not be telling you a story in a manner that is properly sophisticated.

新闻机构的责任则大不相同。我可能不会告诉你整个故事。我讲故事的方式可能并不复杂。

What office is there which involves more responsibility, which requires more qualifications, and which ought, therefore, to be more honorable, than that of teaching?

有什么职务比教书更有责任,更需要资格,因此应该比教书更光荣呢?

I wish girls would stop caking make-up on their face. It's like a mask, hides who you are and shows who you want to impress.

我希望女孩们不要再在脸上化妆了。它就像一个面具,隐藏了你是谁,展示了你想给谁留下深刻印象。

The more you are willing to accept responsibility for your actions, the more credibility you will have

你越愿意为自己的行为承担责任,你就会越有信誉

If I have not seen as far as others, it is because giants were standing on my shoulders.

如果说我没有像别人看得那么远,那是因为巨人站在我的肩膀上。

Getting old is a fascination thing. The older you get, the older you want to get.

变老是一件令人着迷的事情。你越老,你就越想变老。

One man with a head on his shoulders is worth a dozen without.

一个脑袋长在肩膀上的人,抵得上一打没有脑袋的人。