It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.

  • -- Pythagoras 毕达哥拉斯

宁可默默无声,也不要说比沉默更有价值的话。宁可拿一颗珍珠去冒险,也不要说一句闲言碎语;多言少语,总要在寥寥几句话里说得很多。

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I confess that Roy was a little bit dictatorial in his editing and he ruined quite a number of my pictures, which he stopped doing later. He used to punch a hole through a negative. Some of them were incredibly valuable. He didn't understand at the time.

我承认罗伊在编辑时有点独断专行,他毁了我的很多照片,后来他就不再这么做了。他过去常常在底片上打一个洞。其中一些非常有价值。他当时不明白。

The magazine, the daytime show, we've always tried to write affordable, accessible. Those are key words for us, and I do mean us, a huge staff of people at the magazine who love to cook affordable, friendly food that helps families eat better for less.

杂志,日间节目,我们一直都在努力写价格实惠,通俗易懂的东西。这些都是我们的关键词,我指的是我们,杂志的一大批工作人员,他们喜欢烹饪实惠、友好的食物,帮助家庭用更少的钱吃得更好。

Boy's natural play is rough and tumble play, it's the universal play of little boys. And it's very different from aggression. And we are a society that's failing to understand the distinction.

男孩的天性是打闹游戏,这是小男孩的普遍游戏。这和攻击性非常不同。而我们这个社会却无法理解其中的区别。

Words can be like X-rays if you use them properly -- they’ll go through anything. You read and you’re pierced.

语言就像x光一样,如果你正确地使用它们——它们可以穿透任何东西。你一看书就被扎了。