In order to be respected, authority has got to be respectable.

  • -- Tom Robbins 汤姆·罗宾斯

为了得到尊重,权威必须是受人尊敬的。

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One who breaks an unjust law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for law.

一个人如果违反了良心告诉他是不公正的法律,并且心甘情愿地接受监禁的惩罚,以唤起社会对其不公正的良心,那么他实际上是在表达对法律的最高尊重。

But I recognize no infallible authority, even in special questions; consequently, whatever respect I may have for the honesty and the sincerity of such or such an individual, I have no absolute faith in any person.

但我不承认有绝对可靠的权威,即使是在特殊问题上;因此,无论我如何尊重某个人的诚实和真诚,我对任何人都没有绝对的信心。

To follow imperfect, uncertain, or corrupted traditions, in order to avoid erring in our own judgment, is but to exchange one danger for another.

遵循不完善的、不确定的或腐败的传统,以避免在我们自己的判断中犯错,只不过是用一种危险来交换另一种危险。

Plenty of people miss their share of happiness, not because they never found it, but because they didn't stop to enjoy it.

很多人错过了他们那份快乐,不是因为他们从未找到过,而是因为他们没有停下来享受它。

I think I'm a natural-born leader. I know how to bow down to authority if it's authority that I respect.

我认为我是天生的领导者。我知道如何向我尊重的权威低头。

It's a little bit in the genes because my brother is a journalist and my father was a sports writer.

这是基因决定的,因为我哥哥是记者,我父亲是体育作家。

In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.

为了达到不可能,我们必须尝试荒谬。

Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.

知识会给你力量,但人品会给你尊重。