In prehistoric times, mankind often had only two choices in crisis situations: fight or flee. In modern times, humor offers us a third alternative; fight, flee - or laugh.

  • -- Robert Orben 罗伯特·欧本

在史前时代,人类在危急时刻往往只有两种选择:战斗或逃跑。在现代,幽默为我们提供了第三种选择;战斗,逃跑,或者大笑。

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In the first year, that saved me a lot of time. I probably would have had to hire a consultant for a month to sift through all that, or figure out how to do it myself with some sort of programming tool.

第一年,我节省了很多时间。我可能不得不雇一个顾问,花一个月的时间来筛选这些内容,或者自己用某种编程工具来解决这个问题。

It is not to be forgotten that what we call rational grounds for our beliefs are often extremely irrational attempts to justify our instincts.

不可忘记的是,我们所谓的信仰的理性基础,往往是为我们的本能辩护的极度非理性的尝试。

If you can't laugh at yourself, then how can you laugh at anybody else? I think people see the human side of you when you do that.

如果你不能自嘲,那你怎么能嘲笑别人呢?我认为当你这样做的时候,人们会看到你人性的一面。

What keeps us from abandoning ourselves entirely to one vice, often, is the fact that we have several.

阻止我们完全沉溺于一种恶习的原因,往往是我们有好几种恶习。

The older I get the more I try not to waste my time on negative energy.

随着年龄的增长,我试着不把时间浪费在负能量上。

Somebody told me once I wasn't Latin enough, and that made me laugh.

有一次有人说我的拉丁语不够好,我笑了。

Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts.

礼貌是在你的思想中进行选择的艺术。

Choose your love. Love your choice.

选择你的爱。爱你的选择。