Intellectuals are people who believe that ideas are of more importance than values. That is to say, their own ideas and other people's values.

  • -- Gerald Brenan 杰拉尔德·布雷南

知识分子认为思想比价值更重要。也就是说,自己的想法和别人的价值观。

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The majority of people perform well in a crisis and when the spotlight is on them; it's on the Sunday afternoons of this life, when the nobody is looking, that the spirit falters.

大多数人在危机中表现良好,当人们关注他们的时候;在这一生的每个星期天下午,当没有人注视的时候,这种精神就会动摇。

All conservatism is based upon the idea that if you leave things alone you leave them as they are. But you do not. If you leave a thing alone you leave it to a torrent of change.

所有的保守主义都是建立在这样一种思想之上的:如果你不去管事情,你就会顺其自然。但你没有。如果你不去管一件事,你就把它留给一股变革的洪流。

Intellectuals try to keep going. But their situation is very difficult. Those who have had the courage to voice their opposition have often paid a very high price.

知识分子试图继续前进。但是他们的处境非常困难。那些有勇气表达反对意见的人往往付出了很高的代价。

We do not have many intellectuals who can speak out for us internationally. We have no writers who are recognized, respected and loved outside the Arab world.

我们没有多少知识分子能在国际上为我们说话。我们没有在阿拉伯世界之外得到认可、尊重和爱戴的作家。

I have big ideas. If you don't like them, don't vote for me.

我有伟大的想法。如果你不喜欢他们,就不要投我的票。

I'm concerned about the unknowability of other people.

我担心其他人的不确定性。