I would rather be respected than elected.

  • -- Charles Edison 查尔斯·爱迪生

我宁愿受人尊敬也不愿当选。

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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。

Notwithstanding the fact that the most innovative and progressive space we've seen - the Internet - has been the place where intellectual property has been least respected. You know, facts don't get in the way of this ideology.

尽管我们所见过的最具创新和进步的空间——互联网——是知识产权最不受尊重的地方。你知道,事实不会妨碍这种意识形态。

I find it rather easy to portray a businessman. Being bland, rather cruel and incompetent comes naturally to me.

我发现刻画一个商人相当容易。对我来说,温文尔雅、相当残酷和无能是天生的。

I would rather not know about how one gets parts in movies these days.

我宁愿不知道如今人们是如何在电影中得到角色的。