One of my favorite philosophical tenets is that people will agree with you only if they already agree with you. You do not change people's minds.

  • -- Frank Zappa 弗兰克·扎帕

我最喜欢的哲学信条之一是,只有当人们已经同意你的观点时,他们才会同意你。你不能改变人们的想法。

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I usually decide what to wear in the morning, but sometimes, I'll have a favorite coat or sweater or shoes, and I'll wear them everyday for a week!

我通常在早上决定穿什么,但有时,我会有一件我最喜欢的外套、毛衣或鞋子,我会每天穿一个星期!

Words do not change their meanings so drastically in the course of centuries as, in our minds, names do in the course of a year or two.

在我们的心目中,名字在一两年的时间里所起的作用比单词在几个世纪里所产生的作用要大得多。

People like terra firma, and they should be allowed to walk where they wish.

人们喜欢陆地,应该允许他们去他们想去的地方。

Oh, it was so hard to leave Paris, just about my favorite city in the world.

哦,离开巴黎真不容易,这是我在世界上最喜欢的城市。

If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.

如果我问人们想要什么,他们会说更快的马。

I don't chase them, i replace them.

我不追赶他们,我取代他们。