Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you are gently shouldered off the stage, but then you are given such a comfortable front stall as spectator.

  • -- Confucius 孔子

相信我,老年是一件美好而愉快的事情。诚然,你被轻轻地推下了舞台,但随后你作为观众得到了一个如此舒适的前排座位。

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The particular way I'm going to die is not going to be particularly pleasant. It will probably be physically uncomfortable, and it won't be an easy thing for my wife and kids to watch. I think it will be a real challenge to see if I can squeeze the lemons hard enough to still get lemonade the last few weeks.

我的死亡方式并不会特别令人愉快。这可能会让我的身体感到不舒服,而且对我的妻子和孩子来说,观看比赛也不是件容易的事。我想这将是一个真正的挑战,看看我是否能挤柠檬足够努力,仍然得到柠檬汁在过去几周。

It is my hope that during my brief passage through this universe, that I may share with you the joy of hearing the music of the stars... knowing that the composer was from a distant place and the songs were written eons ago, which now fall gently on this place for all to hear.

我希望在我这短暂的宇宙之旅中,我能与你们分享聆听星星音乐的喜悦……我知道这位作曲家来自一个遥远的地方,这些歌是很久以前写的,现在轻轻地落在这个地方,让所有人都能听到。

Being an actor myself I realize that all actors believe they are qualified to play any role. If you showed me a script with a black woman character I would tell you that I could do it. That is what we do. We act as if we are someone else.

作为一名演员,我意识到所有的演员都认为自己有资格扮演任何角色。如果你给我看一个有黑人女性角色的剧本,我会告诉你我能做到。这就是我们所做的。我们表现得好像我们是另一个人。

I have never experienced anything like walking out onto the stage of an oversold venue and, before the first note is struck, realizing that there is not going to be enough oxygen for all of us.

我从未有过这样的经历,当我走到一个超售场所的舞台上,在第一个音符响起之前,我意识到氧气不够我们所有人使用。

Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, Thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habit. Thought is great and swift and free.

思想是颠覆性的、革命性的、破坏性的、可怕的,思想对特权、既定制度和舒适的习惯是无情的。思想是伟大的、敏捷的、自由的。

After all those days in the cotton fields, the dreams came true on a gold record on a piece of wood. It's in my den where I can look at it every day. I wear it out lookin' at it.

在棉花地里度过了那么多日子之后,梦想在一块木头上的金唱片上实现了。它在我的书房里,我每天都能看到它。我看着它就穿坏了。

It is impossible to live a pleasant life without living wisely and well and justly. And it is impossible to live wisely and well and justly without living a pleasant life.

没有明智、良好和公正的生活是不可能过上愉快的生活的。不过一种愉快的生活是不可能明智地、良好地、公正地生活的。

I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.

我一直相信,现在仍然相信,无论我们遇到什么好运气或坏运气,我们都能赋予它意义,并将其转化为有价值的东西。

There's so much stuff said about me that's not true, so now if something is hurtful and wrong, I send an e-mail or letter immediately, saying, This is not true.

很多关于我的事情都是假的,所以现在如果有什么事情是伤害性的,或者是错误的,我马上发一封电子邮件或者一封信,说,这不是真的。

The heart of marriage is memories; and if the two of you happen to have the same ones and can savor your reruns, then your marriage is a gift from the gods.

婚姻的核心是回忆;如果你们两个碰巧拥有相同的另一半,并且能够欣赏你们的重播,那么你们的婚姻就是上帝赐予的礼物。

A man is a god in ruins. When men are innocent, life shall be longer, and shall pass into the immortal, as gently as we awake from dreams.

人是败坏的神。当人是清白的时候,生命就会更长久,就会进入不朽,就像我们轻轻地从梦中醒来一样。

Most of the lyrics are over a year old, and it doesn't feel like it's about me. Time created a distance.

大部分歌词都有一年多的历史了,感觉上不像是关于我的。时间创造了距离。

It was an ideal day for football - too cold for the spectators and too cold for the players.

这是一个理想的足球天-太冷的观众和球员太冷。

Well, you need the villain. If you don't have a villain, the good guy can stay home.

你需要那个恶棍。如果你没有坏人,好人可以呆在家里。

The wild, cruel beast is not behind the bars of the cage. He is in front of it.

野蛮残忍的野兽是不会被关在笼子里的。他在它的前面。

Perhaps we had at last reached that stage of intimacy that destroys intimacy.

也许我们最终达到了破坏亲密关系的亲密阶段。

I was never that comfortable in front of the camera, it always terrified me.

我在镜头前从来没有那么舒服,它总是让我害怕。

I'd rather have a full bottle in front of me than a full frontal lobotomy.

我宁愿面前有一整瓶酒,也不愿做额叶切除术。

I can do the old hand vibrato just fine, but I like attacking the strings.

我能很好地演奏老式的颤音,但我喜欢打击弦乐器。

All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.

你所需要的只是爱。但偶尔吃一点巧克力也无妨。

The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion.

比反叛更糟的事是引起反叛的事。

I haven't been out of work since the day I took my pants off.

自从我脱掉裤子后,我就没有失业过。

Rock and roll has probably given more than it's taken.

摇滚乐给予的可能比索取的要多。

There is no such thing as being too independent.

没有什么是过于独立的。

If you can believe it, the mind can achieve it.

如果你能相信它,大脑就能实现它。

Self-preservation is an important thing to me.

自我保护对我来说很重要。

Charity is willingly given from the heart.

慈善是发自内心的自愿奉献。

Better a poor horse than an empty stall.

宁为穷马,不为空马。

Anybody can leap off a building.

任何人都能从建筑物上跳下。

Let no such man be trusted.

这样的人,你们不可信。