The whole conviction of my life now rests upon the belief that loneliness, far from being a rare and curious phenomenon, peculiar to myself and to a few other solitary men, is the central and inevitable fact of human existence.

  • -- Tom Wolfe 汤姆·沃尔夫

我现在生活的全部信念都建立在这样一种信念之上:孤独远非我和其他几个孤独的人所特有的一种罕见而奇特的现象,而是人类存在的中心和不可避免的事实。

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I'm a capitalist by conviction and profession. I believe the best economic system is one that rewards entrepreneurship and risk-taking, maximizes customer choice, uses markets to allocate scarce resources and minimizes the regulatory burden on business.

我是一个有信念和职业的资本家。我认为,最好的经济体系是奖励企业家精神和冒险精神,使客户选择最大化,利用市场分配稀缺资源,并将企业的监管负担降至最低。

We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.

我们孤独地出生,孤独地生活,孤独地死去。只有通过我们的爱和友谊,我们才能制造出我们并不孤单的幻觉。

The principal contributor to loneliness in this country is television. What happens is that the family 'gets together' alone.

这个国家孤独的主要原因是电视。发生的事情是,这个家庭独自“聚在一起”。

I made a pact with myself a long time ago: Never watch anything stupider than you. It's helped me a lot.

很久以前我就跟自己定下了一个约定:永远不要看比你更傻的东西。它帮了我很多。

I know that no one can really stop me but myself and that really no one can help me but myself.

我知道,除了我自己,没有人能真正阻止我,除了我自己,没有人能真正帮助我。

The sure conviction that we could if we wanted to is the reason so many good minds are idle.

如果我们想做,我们就能做,这一坚定的信念是如此多的好人无所事事的原因。

The human tendency to regard little things as important has produced very many great things.

人类把小事看得很重要的倾向产生了很多伟大的事情。

Human misery is too great for men to do without faith.

人的苦难太大,没有信仰是不行的。