Our ancestors always thought of the worst thing that could happen, and that's why we're alive.

  • -- Fiona Apple 菲奥娜苹果

我们的祖先总是想到可能发生的最坏的事情,这就是我们活着的原因。

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I used to think about how nice it would be to visit the planets. Of course, I didn't expect to see in my lifetime what has happened. I knew it would happen some day, but it came along faster than I at first thought.

我过去常常想,要是能到行星上去看看该有多好。当然,我没有料到在我有生之年会发生什么。我知道它总有一天会发生,但它来得比我最初想的要快。

A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen.

政治家需要预测明天、下周、下个月和明年将会发生什么。然后有能力解释为什么没有发生。

When war comes, two things happen - profits go way, way up and all perishables go way, way down. There becomes a market for them.

当战争来临的时候,会发生两件事——利润大幅上升,而所有易腐烂的东西都大幅下降。他们有市场。

Customs form us all, our thoughts, our morals, our most fixed beliefs; are consequences of our place of birth.

习惯形成我们所有人,我们的思想,我们的道德,我们最坚定的信念;是我们出生地的结果。

Work is the most nourishing thing so far in my life.

到目前为止,工作是我生命中最有营养的事情。

To see far is one thing, going there is another.

看得远是一回事,去得远是另一回事。