Regard it as just as desirable to build a chicken house as to build a cathedral.

People are constantly asking Portia and me if we are going to have children. We thought about it. We love to be around children after they've been fed and bathed. But we ultimately decided that we don't want children of our own. There is far too much glass in our house.

人们总是问我和波西亚我们是不是要生孩子。我们想过了。我们喜欢在孩子们吃过饭、洗过澡之后和他们在一起。但我们最终决定不要我们自己的孩子。我们家的玻璃太多了。

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It was both necessary and desirable for us to be so strong at sea that no Sea Power could attack us without risk, so that we might be free to protect our oversea interests, independently of the influence and the choice of other Sea Powers.

我们在海上如此强大是必要的，也是可取的，没有一个海上强国可以不冒风险地攻击我们，这样我们就可以自由地保护我们的海外利益，不受其他海上强国的影响和选择。

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I have friends who are capable of writing a very rough draft and then going back and embroidering - they're sort of the cathedral builders of fiction. I never really know what I'm doing, and all my pleasure's on the level of the line.

我有一些朋友，他们能够写一个非常粗略的草稿，然后回去刺绣——他们有点像小说的大教堂建造者。我从来都不知道自己在做什么，我所有的快乐都在这条线上。

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We all have our opinions. But I suspect that writers are actually less worth heeding, because they regard themselves as so uniquely important, so culturally sensitive.

我们都有自己的观点。但我怀疑，作家实际上不那么值得关注，因为他们认为自己是如此独特地重要，对文化如此敏感。

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I would be surprised to see the White House scaling back on anything. That would be an admission they are operating from a position of weakness.

如果白宫缩减开支，我会感到惊讶。这将是他们承认自己正处于弱势地位。

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There never was and is not likely soon to be a nation of philosophers, nor am I certain it is desirable that there should be.

过去从来没有，现在也不太可能很快就会出现一个哲学家的国家，我也不确定是否应该出现这样一个国家。

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A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral.

当一个人凝视着石堆时，它就不再是石堆了，在他的心中有一座大教堂的形象。

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We humans have millions of years of evolutionary baggage that makes us regard competition in a deadly light.

我们人类有数百万年的进化包袱，这让我们以一种致命的眼光看待竞争。

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Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.

有些事情没有按照你的计划去做并不意味着它毫无用处。

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It's better to take over and build upon an existing business than to start a new one.

接管现有的业务并在此基础上继续发展，总比创办一家新公司要好。

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Just because someone tells you they love you doesn’t mean they actually do.

有人告诉你他们爱你，并不代表他们真的爱你。

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I don't feel I have the right to snuff the lives of chicken and fish.

我觉得我没有权利扼杀鸡和鱼的生命。

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I wasn't a businesswoman, so I didn't know how to build a career.

我不是一个商人，所以我不知道如何建立自己的事业。

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My God, he looks like he's beating a chicken.

天啊，他看起来像在打鸡。

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Regard it as just as desirable to build a chicken house as to build a cathedral.

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People are constantly asking Portia and me if we are going to have children. We thought about it. We love to be around children after they've been fed and bathed. But we ultimately decided that we don't want children of our own. There is far too much glass in our house.

It was both necessary and desirable for us to be so strong at sea that no Sea Power could attack us without risk, so that we might be free to protect our oversea interests, independently of the influence and the choice of other Sea Powers.

I have friends who are capable of writing a very rough draft and then going back and embroidering - they're sort of the cathedral builders of fiction. I never really know what I'm doing, and all my pleasure's on the level of the line.

We all have our opinions. But I suspect that writers are actually less worth heeding, because they regard themselves as so uniquely important, so culturally sensitive.

I would be surprised to see the White House scaling back on anything. That would be an admission they are operating from a position of weakness.

There never was and is not likely soon to be a nation of philosophers, nor am I certain it is desirable that there should be.

A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral.

We humans have millions of years of evolutionary baggage that makes us regard competition in a deadly light.

Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.

It's better to take over and build upon an existing business than to start a new one.

Just because someone tells you they love you doesn’t mean they actually do.

I don't feel I have the right to snuff the lives of chicken and fish.

I wasn't a businesswoman, so I didn't know how to build a career.

My God, he looks like he's beating a chicken.

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