I don't think of my books as being biographies. I never had any interest in doing a book just to write the life of a great man. I had zero interest in that. My interest is in power. How power works.

  • -- Robert Caro 罗伯特·卡洛

我不认为我的书是传记。我从来没有兴趣写一本书,只是为了写一个伟人的生活。我对此毫无兴趣。我的兴趣在于权力。权力是如何工作的。

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No student ever attains very eminent success by simply doing what is required of him: it is the amount and excellence of what is over and above the required, that determines the greatness of ultimate distinction.

没有一个学生仅仅因为做了要求他做的事情就获得了卓越的成就:正是超出要求的事情的数量和卓越,决定了最终卓越的伟大。

But the ability to articulate what you are doing, to be clear about it, and to stick to it is, I think, the essence of political leadership.

但是,我认为,政治领导的本质是能够清楚地表达自己在做什么,并且能够坚持到底。

The best measure of a man's honesty isn't his income tax return. It's the zero adjust on his bathroom scale.

衡量一个人是否诚实的最好标准不是他的所得税申报表。这是他浴室磅秤上的零点调整。

No gentleman can be without three copies of a book: one for show, one for use, and one for borrowers.

任何一位绅士都离不开三本书:一本供展示,一本供使用,一本供借阅。

One thing I've learned now is that I should not say when a book is coming out until I'm sure I know.

我现在学到的一件事是,在我确定我知道之前,我不应该说什么时候有一本书要出版。

The game isn't over till the clock says zero.

直到时钟报零,比赛才结束。