I had a friend who worked at a hospice, and he said people in their final moments don't discuss their successes, awards or what books they wrote or what they accomplished. They only talk about their loves and their regrets, and I think that's very telling.

  • -- Brad Pitt 布拉德皮特

我有个朋友在一家临终关怀医院工作,他说人们在生命的最后时刻不会谈论他们的成功、奖项、写过什么书或取得了什么成就。他们只谈论他们的爱和遗憾,我认为这很能说明问题。

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I should just put it bluntly, because we're all sort of friends here now - it's exceedingly likely that my greatest success is behind me. Oh, so Jesus, what a thought! You know that's the kind of thought that could lead a person to start drinking gin at nine o'clock in the morning, and I don't want to go there.

我应该坦率地说,因为我们现在都是这里的朋友——我最大的成功极有可能已经过去了。哦,天哪,真是个好主意!你知道,这种想法可能会导致一个人在早上九点就开始喝杜松子酒,而我不想去那里。

The main problem is that for a boycott to be effective, you must first persuade thousands - maybe even millions of others - to go along, which is a lot of work and usually not successful.

主要的问题是,要使抵制有效,你必须首先说服数千人——甚至数百万人——同意,这是一项艰巨的工作,通常不会成功。

It pays to know the enemy - not least because at some time you may have the opportunity to turn him into a friend.

了解敌人是有好处的,尤其是因为有时你可能有机会把他变成朋友。

A friend to my table and wine, is no good neighbour.

与我同桌饮酒的朋友,未必是好邻居。