Advice is seldom welcome; and those who want it the most always like it the least. 忠告很少受欢迎;而那些最需要它的人总是最不喜欢它。 -- Lord Chesterfield 切斯特菲尔德勋爵
I met a man of two feet tall. This man was quite ambitious. 我遇到一个两英尺高的人。这个人很有野心。 -- Nevershoutnever 从不知道
Getting money is like digging with a needle. Spending it is like water soaking into the sand. 赚钱就像用针挖洞一样困难。浪费它就像水浸泡在沙子里。
I tend not to know what the plot is or the story is or even the theme. Those things come later, for me. 我往往不知道情节是什么，故事是什么，甚至不知道主题是什么。对我来说，这些事情是以后才会发生的。 -- Michael Ondaatje 迈克尔·翁达杰
There is a touch of divinity even in brutes, and a special halo about a horse, that should forever exempt him from indignities. 即使在兽类身上也有一种神圣的感觉，一匹马身上有一种特殊的光环，应该永远使它免受侮辱。 -- Herman Melville 赫尔曼·梅尔维尔
And I would urge all women to have that regular mammogram. 我强烈建议所有女性定期做乳房x光检查。 -- Lynn Redgrave 林恩·雷德格雷夫
My friends are everything without me but I am nothing without my friends. 没有我，我的朋友是一切，但没有朋友，我什么都不是。 -- Santosh Kalwar 圣多什卡尔瓦尔
Some people obtain fame, others deserve it. 有些人获得名声，有些人值得。 -- Doris Lessing 多丽丝·莱辛
Rascals, would you live for ever? 流氓们，你们能长生不老吗? -- Frederick the Great 腓特烈大帝
There is nothing inconsistent about having a conservative outlook and being vigorous. 保守的观点和充满活力并没有什么矛盾之处。 -- Mitch Daniels 丹尼尔斯