A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
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There are risks which are not acceptable: the destruction of humanity is one of them.
有些危险是不能接受的:对人类的毁灭是其中之一。
It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.
老朋友的好处之一就是你可以和他们一起做傻事。
We've put more effort into helping folks reach old age than into helping them enjoy it.
我们把更多的精力放在帮助人们进入老年,而不是帮助他们享受老年生活。
You know you're getting old when all the names in your black book have M. D. after them.
当你的黑名册上所有的名字后面都有医学博士的名字时,你就知道你老了。
My business issues are just that - business - and I deal with them like they are business.
我的业务问题就是——业务——我像处理业务一样处理它们。
The movies we love and admire are to some extent a function of who we are when we see them.
我们喜欢和欣赏的电影在某种程度上是我们看电影时的真实自我的体现。
Old age has deformities enough of its own. It should never add to them the deformity of vice.
老年本身就有足够的畸形。这决不应该给他们增添罪恶的丑恶。
Employees make the best dates. You don't have to pick them up and they're always tax-deductible.
员工是最好的约会对象。你不必把它们捡起来,而且它们总是可以免税的。
When I make art, I think about its ability to connect with others, to bring them into the process.
当我创作艺术时,我想到它与他人联系的能力,把他们带入这个过程。
Are you laboring under the impression that I read these memoranda of yours? I can't even lift them.
我读了你写的这些备忘录,你是否有这样的印象?我甚至都举不起来。
Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to the critic.
绘画,n。字体保护平坦表面不受天气影响,并将其暴露给评论家的艺术。
The artist alone sees spirits. But after he has told of their appearing to him, everybody sees them.
只有艺术家才能看到灵魂。但当他告诉大家他们出现在他面前时,每个人都看到了他们。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
There's a great power in words, if you don't hitch too many of them together.
语言的力量是巨大的,如果你不把它们太多地联系在一起的话。
If you have tears, prepare to shed them now.
如果你有眼泪,现在就准备好流下来。
I have come slowly into possession of such powers as I have. I receive the opinions of my day. I do not conceive them. But I receive them into a vivid mind.
我已经慢慢地拥有了这样的能力。我接受当时的意见。我不想像他们。但我把它们融入一个生动的头脑。
Everybody knows how to raise children, except the people who have them.
每个人都知道如何抚养孩子,除了那些有孩子的人。
All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.
如果我们有勇气去追求,我们所有的梦想都可以实现。
Much education today is monumentally ineffective. All too often we are giving young people cut flowers when we should be teaching them to grow their own plants.
今天的很多教育都非常低效。我们常常在应该教年轻人自己种花的时候,却给他们插花。