A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
世界
World
There are two kinds of people in the world: givers and takers. The takers may eat better, but the givers sleep better.
世界上有两种人:给予者和接受者。接受者可能吃得更好,但给予者睡得更好。
The world would be a nicer place if everyone took a chill pill. It would get even better if some of them choked on it.
如果每个人都能冷静下来,世界会变得更美好。如果他们中的一些人被呛到,情况会更好。
All these nice people saying I'm going to be world champion won't make me any faster, you have to believe it yourself.
所有这些说我要成为世界冠军的好人不会让我跑得更快,你必须自己相信。
An understanding of the natural world and what's in it is a source of not only a great curiosity but great fulfillment.
对自然世界的理解,以及其中的内涵,不仅是一种巨大的好奇心,也是一种巨大的满足感。
This has always been a man's world, and none of the reasons that have been offered in explanation have seemed adequate.
这一直是一个男人的世界,所提供的任何解释似乎都不够充分。
I chose and my world was shaken. So what? The choice may have been mistaken; the choosing was not. You have to move on.
我选择了,我的世界被震撼了。那又怎样?这个选择可能是错误的;但选择却不是。你必须向前看。
If a fellow wants to be a nobody in the business world, let him neglect sending the mail man to somebody on his behalf.
如果一个人想成为商界的无名小卒,就让他忽略为别人送信这件事吧。
The creation of the world becomes an archetype of every creative human gesture, whatever its plane of reference may be.
世界的创造成为人类每一个创造性姿态的原型,无论其参考平面是什么。
The world is apt to judge of everything by the success; and whoever has ill fortune will hardly be allowed a good name.
世人往往以成功来判断一切;谁不幸,谁就不会有好名声。
There is not a more repulsive spectacle than on old man who will not forsake the world, which has already forsaken him.
没有比这更令人厌恶的景象出现在一个老人身上,他不愿离开这个已经离开他的世界。
We stand separate from the world because of our gifts. Never forget that, because you may be sure the world never will.
因为我们的天赋,我们与世界是分离的。永远不要忘记这一点,因为你可以确信这个世界永远不会忘记。
I challenge you to be dreamers; I challenge you to be doers and let us make the greatest place in the world even better.
我向你们挑战,让你们成为梦想家;我要求你们成为实干家,让我们把世界上最伟大的地方变得更加美好。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
Those who decide to use leisure as a means of mental development, who love good music, good books, good pictures, good plays, good company, good conversation - what are they? They are the happiest people in the world.
那些决定把休闲作为心智发展手段的人,那些喜欢好音乐、好书、好画、好剧本、好伙伴、好对话的人——他们是什么?他们是世界上最幸福的人。
In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.
在这个世界上,除了死亡和税收,没有什么是可以肯定的。
It is truly a privilege to be able to support all women's causes on a global level. It is remarkable that something as simple as television can empower us to create change and awareness in the world.
能够在全球范围内支持所有妇女的事业,确实是一种特权。值得注意的是,像电视这样简单的东西可以让我们在世界上创造改变和意识。
Actually I think Art lies in both directions - the broad strokes, big picture but on the other hand the minute examination of the apparently mundane. Seeing the whole world in a grain of sand, that kind of thing.
事实上,我认为艺术存在于两个方向——广阔的笔触,宏大的画面,但另一方面,对表面上平淡无奇的事物进行细致的审视。从一粒沙子看到整个世界,就是这样。
You are educated. Your certification is in your degree. You may think of it as the ticket to the good life. Let me ask you to think of an alternative. Think of it as your ticket to change the world.
你是受过教育的。你的证书就是你的学位。你可以把它看作通往美好生活的门票。让我请你想出一个替代方案。把它看作是你改变世界的门票。
A child too, can never grasp the fact that the same mother who cooks so well, is so concerned about his cough, and helps so kindly with his homework, in some circumstance has no more feeling than a wall of his hidden inner world.
一个孩子也永远无法理解这样一个事实:同样是这位母亲,她做饭做得那么好,那么关心他的咳嗽,那么慈祥地帮助他做作业,在某些情况下,她对他的感情不过是隐藏在他内心世界的一堵墙。