There is no polite way to suggest to someone that they have devoted their life to a folly.

  • -- Daniel Clement Dennett 丹尼尔·克莱门特·丹尼特

没有一种礼貌的方式可以向某人暗示他们一生都在做一件蠢事。

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I just think it would be unrealistic to suggest we're going to eliminate every last domestic insurgent in Afghanistan. Certainly, the history of the country would indicate that's not a very realistic objective, and I think we have to have realistic objectives.

我只是认为,建议我们消灭阿富汗境内所有的反叛分子是不现实的。当然,这个国家的历史表明这不是一个非常现实的目标,我认为我们必须有现实的目标。

There is no secret to success except hard work and getting something indefinable which we call 'the breaks.' In order for a writer to succeed, I suggest three things - read and write - and wait.

成功没有秘诀,除了努力工作和获得一些我们称之为“休息”的无法定义的东西。“为了让一个作家成功,我建议做三件事——阅读、写作和等待。

So we have a group within the office that is devoted to support for the war fighter. That's, of necessity, an operational and tactical level of concern.

所以我们办公室里有一个专门支持战争战士的小组。这是一种必要的行动和战术层面的关注。

Now our whole activity is devoted to God, and our whole life, since we are bent on progress in divine things.

我们的一切行为,和我们的一生,都是专为神的,因为我们立志要在神的事上有长进。