Men build bridges and throw railroads across deserts, and yet they contend successfully that job of sewing on a button is beyond them. Accordingly, they don’t have to sew buttons.

  • -- Heywood Campbell Broun Jr. 海伍德·坎贝尔·布鲁恩

人们在沙漠中修桥、修铁路,然而他们成功地争辩说,缝钮扣的工作超出了他们的能力范围。因此,他们不需要缝扣子。

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That in affairs of very considerable importance men should deal with one another with satisfaction of mind, and mutual confidence, they must receive competent assurances concerning the integrity, fidelity, and constancy each of other.

在非常重要的事情上,人们应该以满意的心情和相互信任的态度来处理彼此,他们必须得到有关彼此的正直、忠诚和忠贞的有力保证。

When I did have a little bit of commercial success, it really didn't suit my temperament at all. I'm a terrible public person.

当我取得一些商业上的成功时,它真的一点也不适合我的性格。我是一个糟糕的公众人物。

They really do a disservice because these men and women came out of the Depression, they came out of the war.

他们真的做了一件坏事,因为这些男人和女人走出了大萧条,他们走出了战争。

For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled.

对于一项成功的技术,现实必须凌驾于公共关系之上,因为自然是不会被愚弄的。

Belief in oneself is one of the most important bricks in building any successful venture.

自信是任何成功创业最重要的基石之一。

Everybody loves success, but they hate successful people.

每个人都喜欢成功,但他们讨厌成功人士。