I am an Epicurean. I consider the genuine (not the imputed) doctrines of Epicurus as containing everything rational in moral philosophy which Greek and Roman leave to us.

  • -- Thomas Jefferson 托马斯·杰斐逊

我是个享乐主义者。我认为伊壁鸠鲁真正的(而不是假定的)学说包含了希腊和罗马留给我们的道德哲学的一切理性。

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But I'd play on everything from pop records to a lot of the glam stuff to rock stuff to classical stuff. I used to get called to do all those things, it was great.

但是我可以演奏任何东西,从流行唱片到很多华丽的东西,从摇滚到古典音乐。我经常接到电话做这些事情,感觉很棒。

I always feel the desire to look for the extraordinary in ordinary things; to suggest, not to impose, to leave always a slight touch of mystery in my paintings.

我总是渴望在平凡的事物中寻找不平凡的东西;建议,而不是强加,在我的画中总是留下一丝神秘。

The person you consider ignorant and insignificant is the one who came from God, that he might learn bliss from grief and knowledge from gloom.

那从神来的、就是你们以为愚蒙卑微的、为要叫他从忧愁中学到福乐、从忧伤中学到知识。

Now, I'm an atheist. I really don't believe for a moment that our moral sense comes from a god.

现在,我是一个无神论者。我真的不相信我们的道德感来自上帝。

Thoughts become things. If you see it in your mind, you will hold it in your hand.

想法变的东西。如果你在脑海中看到它,你就会把它握在手中。

When you consider all the stars I have managed, mere submarines make me smile.

当你想到我管理过的所有星星,仅仅是潜艇就能让我微笑。

I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.

我能想到的最令人愉快的事莫过于追求快乐的生活。

But I don't want to leave until I see the breakthrough.

但我不想离开,直到我看到突破。

Literature has to serve as a moral control of politics.

文学必须充当政治的道德控制。

If you live long enough, you'll experience everything.

如果你活得足够长,你会经历一切。