The rule in carving holds good as to criticism; never cut with a knife what you can cut with a spoon.

  • -- Charles Buxton 查尔斯·巴克斯顿

雕刻的规则适用于批评;能用勺子切东西,切莫用刀。

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Keep feeling the need for being first. But I want you to be the first in love. I want you to be the first in moral excellence. I want you to be the first in generosity.

不断感受成为第一的需要。但我希望你是第一个坠入爱河的人。我希望你在道德上成为第一。我希望你是第一个慷慨大方的人。

There is one crucial rule that must be followed in all creative meetings. Never speak first. At least at the start, your job is to shut up.

在所有创造性的会议中都必须遵循一条重要的规则。从来没有首先发言。至少在一开始,你的工作就是闭嘴。

A good story cannot be devised; it has to be distilled.

好故事是编不出来的;必须蒸馏。

I prefer the emotion that corrects the rule.

我更喜欢那种能纠正规则的情绪。

Criticism is prejudice made plausible.

批评使偏见成为可能。

No one says, 'my yogurt is sour!'

没有人说,‘我的酸奶是酸的!’