You know you are getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.

  • -- Bob Hope 鲍勃·霍普

当蜡烛比蛋糕贵的时候,你就知道自己老了。

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I read numerous books - loads in fact - and, as I always do when recording a historical project, immersed myself into the subject matter. I spent many hours at Henry's old homes, such as Hampton Court, and visiting the Tower of London. I read no other books during that period.

我读了很多书——事实上是大量的书——而且,就像我在记录一个历史项目时经常做的那样,我把自己沉浸在主题中。我花了很多时间在亨利的故居,如汉普顿宫,参观伦敦塔。在那期间我没有读其他的书。

It seems like every spring, early on, I struggle a little to get my feet under me out there. I don't like it, but it's just getting back in the swing of things.

似乎每到春天,在很早的时候,我都会挣扎着站起来。我不喜欢它,但它只是重新适应环境。

Definition of a Statistician: A man who believes figures don't lie, but admits than under analysis some of them won't stand up either.

统计学家的定义:一个人相信数据不会说谎,但他承认,在分析中,有些数据也站不住脚。

People are so opinionated about things, and they don't even know what they're talking about, or can't even do it themselves.

人们对事情总是固执己见,他们甚至不知道自己在说什么,甚至自己都做不到。

When you reread a classic, you do not see more in the book than you did before; you see more in you than there was before.

当你重读一本经典著作时,你在书中看到的并不比以前多;你比以前看到了更多。

When you get old, it's hard to tell what's memory and what you've kind of created in your head as memory, you know?

当你变老的时候,很难分辨什么是记忆,什么是你在脑海中创造的记忆,你知道吗?

I don't know how to sit outside myself and test against a hypothetical self who stayed home.

我不知道如何坐在外面测试一个呆在家里的假想自我。

But for the time being, I've only learned one cake recipe and how to make scrambled eggs.

但是目前,我只学会了一种蛋糕的食谱和如何做炒鸡蛋。

There is no economy in going to bed early to save candles if the result is twins.

如果结果是双生子,为了节省蜡烛而早睡是不经济的。

The man who has won millions at the cost of his conscience is a failure.

以良心为代价赢得数百万美元的人是一个失败者。

Look at how a single candle can both defy and define the darkness.

看看一根蜡烛是如何挑战和定义黑暗的。

For me, the cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake.

对我来说,电影不是生活的一部分,而是小菜一碟。

There is more pleasure in loving than in being beloved.

爱比被爱更有乐趣。

My greatest trouble is getting the curtain up and down.

我最大的麻烦是把窗帘拉上拉下。

I believe in me more than anything in this world.

在这个世界上,我最相信自己。

Take a second look; it costs you nothing.

再看一看;不花你一分钱。