More and more couples are having this negotiation or discussion, but I'm still amazed at the number who aren't and where the cultural norm sort of kicks in and they just assume that mom's got to be the one who stays home, not dad.

  • -- James Levine 詹姆斯·莱文

越来越多的夫妻正在进行这样的协商或讨论,但我仍然很惊讶,有这么多的夫妻没有这样做,而且在某种程度上,文化规范发挥了作用,他们想当然地认为应该由妈妈而不是爸爸来做家庭主妇。

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I am amazed about how everyone wants to know about my love life. They whisper to me, 'Tell me the truth? Is it true?' Who cares? Because we have this job, we are to say to everybody what we do, or with whom we sleep? It's a bit absurd, but that's why everybody lies so much.

我很惊讶为什么每个人都想知道我的爱情生活。他们低声对我说:‘跟我说实话?是真的吗?“谁在乎呢?因为我们有这份工作,我们就得告诉每个人我们在做什么,或者和谁睡觉?这有点荒谬,但这就是为什么每个人都爱说谎。

Married couples who work together to build and maintain a business assume broad responsibilities. Not only is their work important to our local and national economies, but their success is central to the well-being of their families.

共同建立和维持企业的已婚夫妇承担着广泛的责任。他们的工作不仅对我们地方和国家的经济很重要,而且他们的成功对他们的家庭的幸福也至关重要。

Why are we talking about talking? Why negotiating about negotiating? It's very simple. If you want to get to peace, put all your preconditions on the side, sit down opposite a table, not in a studio, by the way.

我们为什么要谈这个?为什么要谈判?很简单。如果你想要和平,把所有的先决条件都放在一边,坐到桌子对面,而不是画室里。

I have tried to teach people there are three kicks in every dollar: one, when you make it; two, when you have it. The third kick it when you give it away - and it is the biggest kick of all.

我曾试图告诉人们,每一美元有三种回报:一种是成功的回报;二,当你拥有它的时候。当你把它送出去的时候,第三次踢它——这是最大的一脚。

I'm recognizable in certain circles, like girls know me, couples know me. But not all straight men know me.

我在某些圈子里是可以认出来的,比如女孩认识我,情侣认识我。但不是所有的直男都认识我。

We are no longer going to ask for the land, but we are going to take it without negotiating.

我们不再要求得到那块土地,但我们将不经谈判就把它拿走。

I am amazed at the facility with which some men follow in the wake of slavery.

我对一些人在奴隶制之后所采取的便利措施感到惊讶。