People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to.

  • -- George Allen, Sr. 老乔治·艾伦

能力平庸的人有时会取得非凡的成功,因为他们不知道什么时候该放弃。大多数人成功是因为他们有决心。

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I think that lawyers are terrible at admitting that they're wrong. And not just admitting it; also realizing it. Most lawyers are very successful, and they think that because they're making money and people think well of them, they must be doing everything right.

我认为律师不善于承认自己的错误。不仅仅是承认;也意识到这一点。大多数律师都非常成功,他们认为,因为他们在赚钱,人们对他们评价很高,所以他们必须把每件事都做对。

They have the ability to take a person's freedom from them. On certain situations, they have the ability to take a person's reputation. And under certain circumstances, they have the authority to take a person's life.

他们有能力夺走一个人的自由。在某些情况下,他们有能力取得一个人的声誉。在某些情况下,他们有权取人性命。

Psychoanalysis. Almost went three times - almost. Then I decided what was peculiar about me was probably what made me successful. I've seen some very talented actors go into analysis and really lose it.

心理分析。几乎跑了三次——几乎。然后我决定我的特别之处可能就是我成功的原因。我看到过一些非常有天赋的演员进入了分析领域,但却迷失了方向。

I am not judged by the number of times I fail, but by the number of times I succeed; and the number of times I succeed is in direct proportion to the number of times I can fail and keep on trying.

评判我的不是我失败的次数,而是我成功的次数;我成功的次数与我失败并继续尝试的次数成正比。

I find it hard to take rock groups very seriously or treat them with respect. There is something absurd about these gloomy young men getting together and banging away.

我发现很难认真对待摇滚乐队或尊重他们。这些郁郁寡欢的年轻人聚在一起砰砰直响,真有点可笑。

A good education is not so much one which prepares a man to succeed in the world, as one which enables him to sustain a failure.

良好的教育与其说是培养一个人在世界上取得成功,不如说是使他能够承受失败。

In fact, people have been very complimentary about my act and very tolerant of my singing ability.

事实上,人们对我的表演非常赞赏,对我的歌唱能力也非常宽容。

Men are seldom more commonplace than on supreme occasions.

人很少比在最高的场合更平凡。