Bonfire of the Vanities: The lesson of that book is, never start believing your own press.

  • -- Charles James 查尔斯·詹姆斯

虚荣的篝火:这本书的教训是,永远不要开始相信你自己的媒体。

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I don't think one can accurately measure the historical effectiveness of a poem; but one does know, of course, that books influence individuals; and individuals, although they are part of large economic and social processes, influence history. Every mass is after all made up of millions of individuals.

我不认为人们可以准确地衡量一首诗的历史效力;但人们当然知道,书籍影响着个人;个人,虽然他们是大的经济和社会进程的一部分,影响着历史。每个群体毕竟是由数百万个体组成的。

It takes a lot to get people talking in airplanes. But once they start talking, you just can't shut them up.

要让人们在飞机上讲话需要花费很多时间。但是一旦他们开始说话,你就不能让他们闭嘴了。

The first book that they gave me was Jeannie, a young teenager. I went on with her maybe ten books.

他们给我的第一本书是珍妮,一个十几岁的孩子。我带了她大概十本书。

Perhaps believing in good design is like believing in God, it makes you an optimist.

也许相信好的设计就像相信上帝一样,它使你成为一个乐观主义者。

Luck is believing you're lucky.

幸运就是相信自己是幸运的。