A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
必要
Necessary
Many baseball fans look upon an umpire as a sort of necessary evil to the luxury of baseball, like the odor that follows an automobile.
许多棒球迷把裁判看作是奢侈棒球运动不可避免的祸害，就像汽车的气味一样。
Writing checks for charities is necessary and important. But it can't compare with corporal works of mercy, which are infinitely greater.
为慈善机构写支票是必要和重要的。但它不能与肉体的仁慈相比，后者是无限伟大的。
I did say that in-group, authority and purity are necessary for the maintenance of order, but I would never give them a blanket endorsement.
我确实说过，在团体中，权威和纯洁是维持秩序所必需的，但我永远不会给他们一个全面的背书。
A writer can do nothing for men more necessary, satisfying, than just simply to reveal to them the infinite possibilities of their own souls.
作家除了简单地向人们揭示自己灵魂的无限可能性之外，对人们来说没有什么比这更有必要、更令人满意的了。
To succeed in the world, it is much more necessary to possess the penetration to discern who is a fool, than to discover who is a clever man.
要想在这个世界上取得成功，要有洞察力去辨别谁是傻瓜，要比发现谁是聪明人重要得多。
A categorical imperative would be one which represented an action as objectively necessary in itself, without reference to any other purpose.
绝对命令是指一项行动本身是客观必要的，而不涉及任何其他目的。
Everything that is necessary is also easy. You just have to accept it. And the most necessary, the most natural matter on this planet is death.
所有必要的事情都很容易。你必须接受它。这个星球上最必要、最自然的物质就是死亡。
There are still things I want to do but they're not necessary for me to do. I'm not clinging to anything that I can't open my hands and let go.
还有一些事情我想做，但它们对我来说是不必要的。我不会执着于任何我无法张开手去放手的东西。
It isn't necessary to imagine the world ending in fire or ice. There are two other possibilities: one is paperwork, and the other is nostalgia.
没有必要想象世界在火或冰中毁灭。还有另外两种可能性:一种是文书工作，另一种是怀旧。
Absolute space, that is to say, the mark to which it would be necessary to refer the earth to know whether it really moves, has no objective existence.
绝对空间，也就是说，要想知道地球是否真的在运动，就必须参照绝对空间的标志，是没有客观存在的。
It may not necessarily reflect my current frame of mind. Sometimes I have to put myself at the point in time of the voice that I'm trying to sing with.
这可能并不一定反映我目前的心态。有时候我必须把自己放在我想要用的声音的时间点上。
I've reached a point in life where it's no longer necessary to try to impress. If they like me the way I am, that's good. If they don't, that's too bad.
我已经到了人生的一个阶段，没有必要再去试图给人留下深刻的印象。如果他们喜欢我现在的样子，那很好。如果他们不这样做，那就太糟糕了。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Everything that can be counted does not necessarily count; everything that counts cannot necessarily be counted.
能数的不一定都算;有价值的东西不一定都有价值。
It was both necessary and desirable for us to be so strong at sea that no Sea Power could attack us without risk, so that we might be free to protect our oversea interests, independently of the influence and the choice of other Sea Powers.
我们在海上如此强大是必要的，也是可取的，没有一个海上强国可以不冒风险地攻击我们，这样我们就可以自由地保护我们的海外利益，不受其他海上强国的影响和选择。
You're not really necessarily the coolest guy in their life. You are a conduit to the really cool people.
你不一定是他们生活中最酷的人。你是真正酷的人的管道。
Some artists want to confront. Some want to invoke thought. They're all necessary and they're all valid.
一些艺术家想要面对。有些人想要引发思考。它们都是必要的，都是有效的。
The education of peoples is a necessary precondition to peace.
各国人民的教育是和平的必要先决条件。
I'm happy to have my own opinion and air it when I think it's necessary.
我很高兴有自己的观点，并在我认为有必要的时候发表出来。