All books are divisible into two classes, the books of the hour, and the books of all time.

  • -- John Ruskin 约翰·罗斯金

一切书籍都可以分为二类,即:一时之书和永久之书。

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If anything, taxes for the lower and middle class and maybe even the upper middle class should even probably be cut further. But I think that people at the high end - people like myself - should be paying a lot more in taxes. We have it better than we've ever had it.

如果有的话,对中下层阶级甚至中上层阶级的税收应该进一步削减。但我认为,像我这样的高端人士应该缴纳更多的税款。我们比以往任何时候都过得更好。

Every good picture leaves the painter eager to start again, unsatisfied, inspired by the rich mine in which he is working, hoping for more energy, more vitality, more time - condemned to painting for life.

每一幅好画都让画家渴望重新开始,不满足,灵感来自于他所工作的丰富的矿藏,希望有更多的精力,更多的活力,更多的时间——注定要终生作画。

Not only don't I know who I am, but I'm very suspicious of people who do know who they are. I am sometimes ten or twelve people a day, and sometimes four or five people an hour!

我不仅不知道自己是谁,而且对那些知道自己是谁的人非常怀疑。我有时一天有十到十二个人,有时一小时有四到五个人!

When marrying, ask yourself this question: Do you believe that you will be able to converse well with this person into your old age? Everything else in marriage is transitory.

当你结婚的时候,问自己这个问题:你相信在你年老的时候你能和这个人很好地交谈吗?婚姻中的其他一切都是短暂的。

Every day each of us wakes up, reaches into drawers and closets, pulls out a costume for the day and proceeds to dress in a style that can only be called preposterous.

每天我们每个人醒来,把手伸进抽屉和壁橱里,拿出当天要穿的衣服,然后开始穿那种只能被称为荒谬的风格。

I slipped the book into my pocket. I assure you to leave off reading was like tearing myself away from the shelter of an old and solid friendship.

我把书塞进口袋。我向你保证,停止阅读就像从一段古老而牢固的友谊的庇护下挣脱出来。

There hardly can be a greater difference between any two men, than there too often is, between the same man, a lover and a husband.

任何两个人之间的差别,都不可能比同一个人、情人和丈夫之间的差别更大。

What I realized was how difficult an hour show is and how miserable you can be if you're not happy doing it.

我意识到一个小时的节目有多难,如果你不开心,你会有多痛苦。

I'm only going to be running the Pro Class this season, that way I can focus on the Pro Championship.

这个赛季我只打算参加职业联赛,这样我就可以专注于职业联赛冠军了。

The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries.

阅读一切好书就像与过去几个世纪最杰出的人交谈。

You need a whole community to raise a child. I have raised two children, alone.

你需要一个完整的社区来抚养一个孩子。我一个人养大了两个孩子。

Any given censor is a fool. The very fact that he is a censor indicates that.

任何一个审查员都是傻瓜。他是个审查员这一事实就说明了这一点。

You will never find time for anything. If you want time you must make it.

你永远找不到时间做任何事。如果你想要时间,你就必须赶上。

Loads of computer graphics equals a terrible video in my book.

在我的书中,大量的计算机图形相当于一个糟糕的视频。