Idealism is fine, but as it approaches reality, the costs become prohibitive.

  • -- William F. Buckley, Jr. 小威廉·F·巴克利

理想主义是好的,但当它接近现实时,成本变得令人望而却步。

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We often take for granted that our lights will come on when we flip the light switch, but the reality is that our reliability standards and the current state of the transmission grid leave us all vulnerable to blackouts.

我们常常想当然地认为,当我们打开电灯开关时,我们的灯就会亮起来,但事实是,我们的可靠性标准和输电网络的当前状态让我们都容易受到停电的影响。

I paint my own reality. The only thing I know is that I paint because I need to, and I paint whatever passes through my head without any other consideration.

我描绘自己的现实。我所知道的唯一一件事是,我画画是因为我需要,我画任何穿过我脑袋的东西,没有任何其他的考虑。

Perhaps women have always been in closer contact with reality than men: it would seem to be the just recompense for being deprived of idealism.

也许女人总是比男人更接近现实:这似乎是对被剥夺理想主义的一种公正的补偿。

Idealism is the noble toga that political gentlemen drape over their will to power.

理想主义是政治绅士们披在权力意志上的高贵长袍。