Wealth may be an excellent thing, for it means power, and it means leisure, it means liberty.

财富可能是一件好东西，因为它意味着权力，意味着悠闲，意味着自由。

Well, I have an interest in power. I have an interest in people who find themselves in the position to exercise absolute power.

我对权力感兴趣。我对那些发现自己能够行使绝对权力的人感兴趣。

Well, obviously I wanted it to sound as original as possible. I suppose the influences that we had were probably from the actual power point of view we wanted to be like the Who. Vocally we wanted to be like the Beach Boys, whatever was good at the time.

很明显，我想让它听起来尽可能的新颖。我想我们所受到的影响可能是从实际权力的角度来看的我们想成为世界卫生组织。从声音上说，我们想要像沙滩男孩一样，无论什么时候是好的。

Well, the first thing is that truth and power for me form an antithesis, an antagonism, which will hardly ever be resolved. I can define in fact, can simplify the history of human society, the evolution of human society, as a contest between power and freedom.

首先，对我来说，真理和力量是对立的，对立的，几乎永远无法解决。其实我可以定义，可以简化人类社会的历史，人类社会的进化，就像权力和自由之间的竞争。

Well, when I was younger, I lied all the time, because once you understand the power of lying, it's really like magic because you transform reality for people.

当我年轻的时候，我一直在说谎，因为一旦你明白了说谎的力量，它就像魔法一样，因为你为人们改变了现实。

What I fear most is power with impunity. I fear abuse of power, and the power to abuse.

我最害怕的是不受惩罚的权力。我害怕滥用权力，也害怕滥用权力。

What a curious power words have.

多么奇妙的力量的话。

What an immense power over the life is the power of possessing distinct aims. The voice, the dress, the look, the very motion of a person, define and alter when he or she begins to live for a reason.

拥有明确目标的力量是对生活的巨大力量。一个人的声音、衣着、表情、动作，决定和改变着他或她开始有理由地生活。

What connects two thousand years of genocide? Too much power in too few hands.

是什么将两千年的种族灭绝联系在一起?太多的权力掌握在太少的人手中。

What do I care about law? Ain't I got the power?

我关心什么法律?难道我没有力量吗?

What for centuries raised man above the beast is not the cudgel but the irresistible power of unarmed truth.

几个世纪以来，使人类凌驾于野兽之上的不是棍棒，而是手无寸铁的真理的不可抗拒的力量。

What is genius but the power of expressing a new individuality?

除了表达新个性的能力，什么是天才?

What is important, then, is not that the critic should possess a correct abstract definition of beauty for the intellect, but a certain kind of temperament, the power of being deeply moved by the presence of beautiful objects.

因此，重要的不是评论家应该对智慧的美有一个正确的抽象定义，而是一种气质，一种被美的存在深深打动的力量。

What is powerful is when what you say is just the tip of the iceberg of what you know.

当你所说的只是你所知道的事情的冰山一角时，那才是最有力的。

What is public history but a register of the successes and disappointments, the vices, the follies and the quarrels of those who engage in contention for power.

什么是公共历史?它不过是那些参与权力争夺者的成功与失望、罪恶、愚蠢和争吵的记录。