A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
幽默
Humour
Humour is meant, in a literal sense, to make game of man; that is, to dethrone him from his official dignity and hunt him like game.
从字面意义上讲，幽默是用来戏弄人的;也就是说，要废黜他的官职，像打猎一样追捕他。
Rebellion is all we'll be talking about. Love is revolution, a kind of coup d'état and cultural reprogramming in its own little way.
我们只会讨论反抗。爱情是一场革命，是一场政变，是文化以自己的方式重新编程。
When you're conscious of what you're permitting to germinate inside you, the weeds in your life will wither away of their own accord.
当你意识到你允许自己内心萌发的东西时，你生命中的杂草就会自动枯萎。
He's never known anything like it! But then, he has never known anything to write home about, so this is nothing to write home about.
他从来没听说过这样的事!可是，他从来就不知道有什么可写的，所以这也没什么可写的。
Your manuscript is both good and original; but the parts that are good are not original, and the parts that are original are not good.
你的稿子既好又新颖。但好的部分不是原创的，原创的部分也不是好的。
One of the problems with being a writer is that all of your idiocies are still in print somewhere. I strongly support paper recycling.
当作家的一个问题是，你所有的白痴作品都还在某个地方出版。我强烈支持纸张回收。
You can only fight one man at a time with a sword, but, with a pen, you can compose a lecture to bore legions of enemy troops to death.
你一次只能用剑和一个人战斗，但是，用一支笔，你可以写一篇演讲，把成群结队的敌军闷死。
There is no reciprocity. Men love women. Women love children. Children love hamsters. Hamsters don't love anyone; it is quite hopeless.
没有互惠。男人爱女人。女人喜欢孩子。孩子们喜欢仓鼠。仓鼠不爱任何人;这是完全没有希望的。
Law that stated you didn't advertise any event you hadn't attended, any place you'd never been, or any band you didn't really listen to.
法律规定，你不为任何你没有参加过的活动做广告，不为任何你从未去过的地方做广告，也不为任何你没有真正听过的乐队做广告。
People assume that artists must talk about art and beauty and the sublime whenever we get together, but no, we usually talk about money.
人们认为艺术家们在一起的时候一定要谈论艺术、美和崇高，但是我们通常谈论的是钱。
Removing his helmet, Edward knelt by the stream called Swill gate, a name that effectively quenched any desire to drink from its depths.
爱德华脱下头盔，跪在溪边，名字叫“泔水门”，这个名字能有效地抑制任何想从溪底喝水的欲望。
We’re adults. I might be a little more of an adult if you’re counting years but I bet I have a lower IQ, so that puts us pretty much even.
我们是成年人。如果你算上我的年龄，我可能更像一个成年人，但我打赌我的智商更低，所以这让我们几乎持平。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
A fashion is nothing but an induced epidemic.
时尚不过是一种诱发的流行病。
He raised his sunglasses and saw a young woman in an impossibly brief dress with an improbably welcoming smile.
他抬起太阳镜，看见一个年轻女子穿着一件短得令人难以置信的衣服，脸上带着令人难以置信的欢迎微笑。
Advertising - a judicious mixture of flattery and threats.
广告——奉承和威胁的明智结合。
If it weren’t for physics and law enforcement, I’d be unstoppable.
如果不是因为物理和执法，我将势不可挡。
Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.
不要把生活看得太严肃。你永远无法活着离开这里。