A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
把好句子,读进生活里。
一句英文,一种视角。慢慢读,总有一句与你共鸣。
I cannot consent to be led three or four hundred leagues out of my route, without its being by force of arms.
如果没有武力的力量,我是不会同意让人把我带到三、四百里以外去的。
The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct.
聪明人受理智的指导,平庸的人受经验的指导,愚蠢的人受需要的指导,野蛮的人受本能的指导。
There is something comforting about going into a practice room, putting your sheet music on a stand and playing Bach over and over again.
走进一间练习室,把乐谱放在架子上,一遍又一遍地演奏巴赫的曲子,这是一件令人欣慰的事情。
All the old great companies were run by guys who knew what an animator meant, and guys who knew how to draw. All the companies today are run by executives.
所有过去的大公司都是由那些知道动画师的意思,知道如何画画的人经营的。如今所有的公司都是由高管管理的。
I lost my voice for the first time. I was so bummed out, but it happens to every singer at some point in their career. I don't think most people understand, but I sing every night and sometimes we do five shows in a row, which is really bad for your voice.
我第一次失声了。我很沮丧,但这发生在每个歌手的职业生涯的某个阶段。我想大多数人都听不懂,但我每天晚上都唱歌,有时我们会连续演出五场,这对你的嗓子不好。
Certainly it is a blessing to have three beautiful kids who are all healthy. God put them here for me to nurture and bring them up and try to keep as close to right as I can. So it's a blessing. It's a big responsibility, but at the same time it's an honor.
当然,有三个健康漂亮的孩子是一件幸事。上帝把他们放在这里,让我来养育他们,抚养他们,并尽可能地让他们接近我的权利。所以这是一种祝福。这是一个很大的责任,但同时也是一种荣誉。
He or she must be successful in economic terms, but always within an ethical framework. Whether his or her constituency is a corporation and its shareholders or the customers in a small and privately held business, his or her first responsibility is to serve that constituency.
他或她必须在经济上取得成功,但总是在道德框架内。无论他或她的支持者是一家公司及其股东,还是一家小型私营企业的客户,他或她的首要职责都是为该选民服务。
If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. It is true that you may fool all of the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all of the time; but you can't fool all of the people all of the time.
如果你一旦丧失了同胞们的信任,你就永远无法重新获得他们的尊重和尊重。的确,有时候你可能会愚弄所有的人;你甚至可以一直愚弄一些人;但是你不可能一直愚弄所有的人。
The child is father of the man.
孩子是成人之父。
Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better.
自由不过是一个变得更好的机会。
From now on, ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put.
从现在开始,我将不再用介词来结束一个句子。
The true artist doesn't substitute immorality for morality. On the contrary, he always substitutes a finer morality for a grosser one.
真正的艺术家不会用不道德代替道德。相反,他总是用更高尚的道德来代替更粗俗的道德。