Markets are designed to allow individuals to look after their private needs and to pursue profit. It's really a great invention and I wouldn't under-estimate the value of that, but they're not designed to take care of social needs.

  • -- George Soros 乔治·索罗斯

市场的设计是为了让个人照顾他们的私人需求和追求利润。这确实是一个伟大的发明,我不会低估它的价值,但它们并不是为了满足社会需求而设计的。

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We do not discuss the anatomical, physiological, and mental characteristics of man considered as an individual; but we are interested in the diversity of these traits in groups of men found in different geographical areas and in different social classes.

我们不讨论作为个体的人的解剖、生理和心理特征;但我们感兴趣的是,在不同地理区域和不同社会阶层的男性群体中,这些特征的多样性。

I worked in three local news markets and in every single one of them, they said: 'You're a lousy anchor. We would love to renew your contract and have you be our lead reporter here, but we're not going to have you anchor.'

我在当地的三个新闻市场工作,每一个市场的人都说:‘你是个差劲的主播。我们很愿意和你续约,让你做我们这里的首席记者,但我们不会让你做主播。”

The culture of the chairmanship is to be the dominant voice in the Fed. If you have a weak chairman... the markets could be very unsettled.

担任美联储主席的文化就是要成为美联储的主导声音。市场可能会非常动荡。

As social beings we live with our eyes upon our reflection, but have no assurance of the tranquillity of the waters in which we see it.

作为社会人,我们生活在我们的眼睛对我们的反思,但不能保证平静的水,我们看到它。

I think the idea of mixing luxury and mass-market fashion is very modern, very now - no one wears head-to-toe designer anymore.

我认为把奢侈品和大众市场时装结合起来的想法非常现代,非常时髦——现在已经没有人从头到脚穿设计师设计的衣服了。

All perceiving is also thinking, all reasoning is also intuition, all observation is also invention.

所有的感知也是思考,所有的推理也是直觉,所有的观察也是发明。

We cannot enter into alliances until we are acquainted with the designs of our neighbors.

在不了解邻国的意图之前,我们不能结盟。

Without invention nothing is well-spaced.

没有发明,任何东西都是不协调的。