I am an optimist, unrepentant and militant. After all, in order not to be a fool an optimist must know how sad a place the world can be. It is only the pessimist who finds this out anew every day.

  • -- Peter Ustinov 彼得·乌斯季诺夫

我是一个乐观主义者,不后悔,好战。毕竟,为了不做一个傻瓜,乐观主义者必须知道这个世界会有多么悲伤。只有悲观主义者每天才会重新发现这一点。

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When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us.

当一扇门关上时,另一扇门就会打开;但是我们常常对那扇关上的门望得那么久,那么遗憾,以致于我们没有看到那扇为我们打开的门。

It's hard to argue against cynics -- they always sound smarter than optimists because they have so much evidence on their side.

很难反驳愤世嫉俗者——他们总是比乐观主义者听起来更聪明,因为他们有那么多的证据支持自己。

I'm probably the most militant person you'll ever meet and I speak my mind without provocation sometimes.

我可能是你见过的最好斗的人,有时我会毫无挑衅地说出自己的想法。