The Law of Triviality... briefly stated, it means that the time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved.

  • -- C. Northcote Parkinson 帕金森

琐事定律…简单地说,这意味着在议程任何项目上花费的时间将与所涉数额成反比。

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Part of the way the work world works is not so much creating a separation between your work and your free time, but creating the illusion of a separation between your work and your free time. Every day is the weekend for me, which means I'm always busy.

工作世界的运作方式之一,与其说是在你的工作和空闲时间之间制造一种隔阂,不如说是在你的工作和空闲时间之间制造一种隔阂的幻觉。每天对我来说都是周末,这意味着我总是很忙。

I've been on the side where you have nothing, and now I'm on the side where anything I want is there for me. When I didn't have the means to do whatever I wanted to do, I still had peace.

我曾经站在你一无所有的那一边,而现在我站在任何我想要的东西都为我而存在的那一边。当我没有办法做任何我想做的事情时,我仍然感到平静。

I'd fired anyone who was involved with Creed. I didn't want anything to do with the music business. The entire press and industry hated me, so what was the point?

我解雇了所有与奎迪有关的人。我不想和音乐行业有任何瓜葛。整个新闻界和工业界都恨我,那有什么意义呢?

I don't spend a lot of my time in the locker room. That's my least favourite place in the world.

我不会花很多时间在更衣室里。那是我在世界上最不喜欢的地方。

We are saved by grace, not by the works of the law. But don't be so quick to write the law off.

我们得救是本乎恩,不是本乎律法的作为。但是,不要那么快就把这项法律一笔勾销。

Time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved.

在议程任何项目上花费的时间将与所涉及的总数成反比。

There is often an inverse correlation between genius and personal hygiene.

天才和个人卫生之间往往存在着一种负相关关系。

Custom, that is before all law; Nature, that is above all art.

习惯先于一切法律;自然,这是最重要的艺术。

Genghis Khan was a fascinating man and way ahead of his time.

成吉思汗是一个迷人的人,他走在时代的前列。