Yeah, we shot ourselves in the foot right out of the gate. The guy who ran it at first misled pretty much everybody about how much capital we had. He said we had enough to go three years without making money, and we had enough to go three weeks.

  • -- Al Franken 弗兰肯

是啊,我们一出校门就搬起石头砸了自己的脚。一开始经营这家公司的人在我们有多少资本的问题上误导了几乎所有人。他说我们有足够的钱过三年不赚钱的日子,也有足够的钱过三个星期。

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We are living in the machine age. For the first time in history the comedian has been compelled to supply himself with jokes and comedy material to compete with the machine. Whether he knows it or not, the comedian is on a treadmill to oblivion.

我们生活在机器时代。历史上,喜剧演员第一次被迫为自己提供笑话和喜剧素材来与机器竞争。不管他知不知道,这位喜剧演员都在跑步机上逐渐被人遗忘。

It's not enough to hit the notes. There is no point in the singers just standing there and sounding wonderful if they're not connecting with the characters they are portraying.

光按音符是不够的。如果歌手们不与他们所扮演的角色联系起来,那么他们站在那里听起来很棒就没有意义了。

I've got a lot to look forward to. I'm trying to be the best father I can, and that's a pretty important role. Some would say it's more important than stopping pucks.

我有很多期待。我在尽我所能做最好的父亲,这是一个非常重要的角色。有些人会说这比停止接吻更重要。

Men value things in three ways: as useful, as pleasant or sources of pleasure, and as excellent, or as intrinsically admirable or honorable.

人们以三种方式来评价事物:有用的、令人愉快的或快乐的来源、优秀的、或本质上令人钦佩的或光荣的。

I read over a hundred books a year and have done so since I was fifteen years old, and every book I've read has taught me something.

我每年读一百多本书,从十五岁开始就这样做了,我读过的每一本书都教会了我一些东西。

We can do debit, I don't need no credit. Yes I'm epic, look how I rep it. It's been eight years but I broke the record.

我们可以借,我不需要信用卡。是的,我是史诗级的,看看我是怎么说的。已经八年了,但是我打破了记录。

He that climbs the tall tree has won right to the fruit, He that leaps the wide gulf should prevail in his suit.

爬上高树的人赢得果实的权利,跳过广阔的鸿沟的人应该穿上自己的衣服。

Managers don't have as much leverage as they used to have. We can't really be the boss.

经理们不像以前那样有那么多的影响力。我们不能当老板。

There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one's self.

世上有三样东西是极其坚硬的:钢、钻石和认识自己。

I'd never been in play long enough for the flowers to die in the dressing room.

我的戏份从来没有长到让花在更衣室里死掉。

Never put too much trust in friends, learn how to use enemies.

永远不要太信任朋友,要学会如何利用敌人。

Treat a work of art like a prince. Let it speak to you first.

像对待王子一样对待一件艺术品。让它先跟你说。

Right now I'm pretty single... My career is my boyfriend.

现在我很单身…我的事业是我的男朋友。

I'm not a political comedian. That's just not what I do.

我不是政治喜剧演员。那不是我的工作。

Right is right, even if no one else does it.

正确就是正确,即使没有其他人这么做。

My dad took me to my first movie.

我爸爸带我去看了我的第一部电影。