When push comes to shove, I’m going to figure out that this door needs to be pulled to be opened.

到了紧要关头，我要想办法把这扇门拉开。

When she started to play, Steinway came down personally and rubbed his name off the piano.

当她开始演奏时，施坦威亲自来到钢琴前，把他的名字从钢琴上擦掉。

When someone is about to have a rock climbing accident, the hero is he who doesn't trim his nostril hairs. And if he can lasso a wild bull at the same time, he’ll be a great cowboy, too.

当有人要发生攀岩事故时，不修剪鼻孔毛发的人是英雄。如果他能同时套住一头野牛，他也会成为一个伟大的牛仔。

When superstition is allowed to perform the task of old age in dulling the human temperament, we can say goodbye to all excellence in poetry, in painting, and in music.

当迷信被允许发挥老年的作用，使人的性情变得迟钝时，我们就可以告别诗歌、绘画和音乐上的一切卓越。

When the powerful horses went out, they were straining to go throughout the earth. And he said, "Go throughout the earth!" So they went throughout the earth.

当这些强壮的马走出去的时候，它们正吃力地走遍大地。他说:“你要走遍天下!”于是他们走遍天下。

When the wine is in, the wit is out.

酒后吐真言。

When we recall the past, we usually find that it is the simplest things - not the great occasions - that in retrospect give off the greatest glow of happiness.

当我们回忆过去的时候，我们通常会发现，那些最简单的事情，而不是那些伟大的时刻，在我们回想的时候，会给我们带来最大的快乐。

When you are not treated seriously, you develop comically. Its sense of oneself is so fractured and fragile that it's like the picked-on kid who has to become funny.

当你不被认真对待时，你会变得滑稽可笑。它对自己的感觉是如此破碎和脆弱，就像被选中的孩子必须变得有趣。

When you shout 'Let there be light!' every morning at dawn, that is when correlation implies creation.

当你呼喊“让光明出现!”每天清晨，相关性意味着创造。

When you're out of sight for as long as I was, there's a funny feeling of betrayal that comes over people when they see you again.

当你像我一样长时间消失在人们的视线之外时，当人们再次见到你时，一种奇怪的背叛感油然而生。

Whenever I'm running an hour late for for work, it always makes me feel better when I can leave an hour early at the end of the day to make up for it.

每当我上班迟到一个小时的时候，当我可以在一天结束的时候提前一个小时离开来弥补，这总是让我感觉更好。

Where children are, there is the golden age.

哪里有孩子，哪里就有黄金时代。

Why do they call it rush hour when nothing moves?

什么都不动的时候为什么叫尖峰时间?

Why does everyone have to pretend to be stupid and not know long words?

为什么每个人都要装傻，不懂长篇大论?

Why had his mother gone to the trouble of bringing him into the world if the most exciting moment in his life was having been made lame by a bayonet?

如果他一生中最激动人心的时刻是被刺刀弄瘸了腿，为什么他的母亲还要费心把他带到这个世界上呢?