There is only one optimist. He has been here since man has been on this earth, and that is man himself. If we hadn't had such a magnificent optimism to carry us through all these things, we wouldn't be here. We have survived it on our optimism.

  • -- Edward Steichen 爱德华·史泰钦

只有一个乐观主义者。自从人类来到这个世界上,他就一直在这里,那就是人类自己。如果我们没有如此乐观的心态来度过这一切,我们就不会在这里。我们靠乐观度过了难关。

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And I always think of life like a giant wave. You know, it rises and it crests and it flies, and it's just magnificent, and then it crashes. And for a lot of people, when it crashes, that's the end, and they go down the deep, dark hole of depression.

我总是把生活想象成一个巨浪。你知道,它上升,它上升,它上升,它飞翔,它非常壮观,然后它崩溃了。对很多人来说,当它崩溃的时候,就结束了,他们陷入了深深的抑郁的黑洞。

Farmers and people who make a living from the land are finding it impossible to survive. So the first step is to get out of that place. Come to the city where there are opportunities.

农民和以土地为生的人们发现生存是不可能的。所以第一步就是离开那个地方。到有机会的城市来。

Optimist: Someone who figures that taking a step backward after taking a step forward is not a disaster; it's a cha-cha.

乐观主义者:认为在前进了一步之后后退一步并不是灾难的人;这是一个跳恰恰舞。

Goodness is something that makes us serene and content; it is magnificent. Those who are not good are evil.

善良是使我们平静和满足的东西;它是宏伟的。不善良的人是邪恶的。

As long as we can tell stories about our ability to survive, the more we will hope, not self-destruct.

只要我们能讲述自己生存能力的故事,我们就越希望,不要自毁。

A pessimist? That's a person who has been intimately acquainted with an optimist.

一个悲观主义者?这是一个和乐观主义者非常熟悉的人。

Optimism is the young boy who notices that a girl notices that he notices her.

乐观是年轻的男孩注意到女孩注意到他注意到她。

Man's fatal flaw is misplaced optimism.

人类致命的缺点是错误的乐观。