We are often too late with our brilliance. We are on time delay. The only instant gratification comes in the form of potato chips. The rest will find us by surprise somewhere down the road maybe as we sleep and dream of other things.

  • -- Richard Schiff 理查德·希夫

我们的聪明才智往往来得太晚。我们准时到达。唯一的即时满足感来自于薯片。其余的人会在我们睡觉和做其他梦的时候,在路上某个地方意外地发现我们。

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We can take some gratification at having come a certain distance in just a few thousand years of our existence as language users, but it should be a deeper satisfaction, even an exhilaration, to recognize that we have such a distance still to go.

作为语言使用者,我们在短短几千年的时间里走到了一定的距离,我们可以从中得到一些满足,但认识到我们还有这么一段距离要走,应该是一种更深层次的满足,甚至是一种兴奋。

An instant-read thermometer is your best bet for making sure that meat and fish are cooked to the proper temperature.

即时读数温度计是确保肉和鱼煮到适当温度的最佳选择。

There is no right to strike against the public safety by anybody, anywhere, any time.

任何人、任何地点、任何时间都无权危害公共安全。

I try to treat all the money I'm making like it's the last time I'm going to make it.

我试着把赚到的钱都当作是最后一次赚钱。

Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still.

摄影需要瞬间的时间,通过静止来改变生活。

The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results.

满足感来自于行动,而不是结果。