To me - old age is always ten years older than I am.

  • -- John Burroughs 美国博物学家巴勒斯

对我来说,老年总是比我大十岁。

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So people think I'm lying about my age all the time? It's the records that are wrong. I've never told anyone how old I am. The minute they ask me, I say 'That's none of your business.' So that means I've never once lied about my age. Now that's true!

所以人们认为我一直在谎报年龄?是记录错了。我从来没有告诉过任何人我有多大。他们一问我,我就说:‘这不关你的事。所以这意味着我从来没有谎报过自己的年龄。现在这是真的!

In the old covenants the people were sprinkled with blood of calves without, in their bodies, to bind them to keep the law; else we were bound to just damnation, for the breaking of it.

在旧的契约中,人们把牛犊的血洒在身体上,以约束他们遵守律法;否则,我们一定会因为破坏了它而受到诅咒。

Would we prefer to be lifting it? Of course we would. You can't look back, we have to look forward and say what are we going to do get it back next year.

我们愿意把它举起来吗?我们当然会。你不能回头看,我们必须向前看,说我们明年要做什么才能把它找回来。

I am not sure that it is of the first importance that you should be happy. Many an unhappy man has been of deep service to himself and to the world.

我不确定你是否幸福是最重要的。许多不幸的人对自己和世界都有很大的贡献。

Nine times out of ten, in the arts as in life, there is actually no truth to be discovered; there is only error to be exposed.

十有八九,在艺术和生活中,确实有无真相有待发现;只有错误才会暴露出来。

The arts are an even better barometer of what is happening in our world than the stock market or the debates in congress.

艺术比股市或国会辩论更能反映我们这个世界正在发生的事情。

I listen to all kinds of music - new music, old music, music of my colleagues, everything.

我听各种各样的音乐——新音乐、老音乐、同事们的音乐,什么都听。

I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific.

我一直想成为大人物,但现在我意识到我应该更具体一些。

It takes no time to fall in love, but it takes you years to know what love is.

坠入爱河不需要时间,但你需要数年时间才能明白什么是爱。

It is often easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission.

请求原谅往往比请求允许更容易。

The moon is always holding the stars, you must do the same.

月亮总是捧着星星,你也要这样做。

Nature's a tranquilizer as you get older.

随着年龄的增长,大自然是一剂镇静剂。

As you grow older, you change.

随着年龄的增长,你会改变。