We favor the visible, the embedded, the personal, the narrated, and the tangible; we scorn the abstract. 我们喜欢看得见的、嵌入的、个性化的、叙述的和有形的东西;我们蔑视抽象。 -- Nassim Nicholas Taleb 纳西姆·尼古拉斯·塔勒布
I was the same kind of father as I was a harpist - I played by ear. 我是一位竖琴演奏者，也是一位慈父——我是靠耳朵弹奏的。 -- Harpo Marx 哈波马可仕
Riches are a good hand maiden, but a poor mistress. 有钱能使鬼推手，但女主人穷。 -- Francis Bacon 弗朗西斯·培根
More importantly, I also understand my age and am in a better position to appreciate it. 更重要的是，我也了解我的年龄，我有更好的位置去欣赏它。
Tragedy is if I cut my finger. Comedy is if I walk into an open sewer and die. 悲剧是我割破了手指。喜剧是如果我走进一个敞开的下水道然后死掉。 -- Mel Brooks 梅尔·布鲁克斯
Ideally, musicians belong outside the Establishment. When they cross that line, it's like something in them has died. 理想情况下，音乐家属于体制之外。当他们越过那条线的时候，就好像他们体内的某种东西死了一样。 -- Alex Kapranos 亚历克斯·普瑞诺斯
Money is like hormones. It's just how you feel on any given day. 金钱就像荷尔蒙。这就是你在任何一天的感受。 -- Janice Dickinson 贾妮丝·狄金森
The Chess-board must be placed with a white square at the right-hand corner. 棋盘的右下角必须有一个白色方块。 -- Howard Staunton 霍华德·斯坦顿
Today, charting your own course isn't just more necessary than ever before. It's also much easier - and much more fun. 今天，制定自己的路线比以往任何时候都更有必要。它也更简单，更有趣。 -- Pink 粉红
If you want me to sing this Christmas song with the feeling and the meaning, you better see if you can locate that check 如果你想让我唱这首充满感情和意义的圣诞歌，你最好看看你能否找到那张支票 -- Mahalia Jackson 玛哈莉亚·杰克逊