The fact that they're a congressionally chartered group should no more incline people to give to that group than the fact that it's National Pickle Month should make them eat more pickles.

  • -- Barney Frank 巴尼·弗兰克

他们是国会特许成立的团体,这一事实不应该让人们更愿意为这个团体捐款,就像国家泡菜月不应该让他们吃更多泡菜一样。

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Even within the band, if I cannot manage to persuade the members of what I see to be the next course of action, how do you expect the group to deal with the expectations of thousands of people. It is not possible.

即使是在乐队内部,如果我无法说服我所看到的下一个行动方案的成员,你如何期望这个团队能处理成千上万人的期望。这是不可能的。

To conceive the good, in fact, is not sufficient; it must be made to succeed among men. To accomplish this less pure paths must be followed.

事实上,仅仅有好的想法是不够的;它必须在人类中获得成功。要实现这一点,必须遵循不那么纯粹的道路。

There is something bigger than fact: the underlying spirit, all it stands for, the mood, the vastness, the wildness.

还有比事实更重要的东西:内在的精神,它所代表的一切,情绪,浩瀚,野性。

All of the studies we do in my group are quantified.

我们小组做的所有研究都是量化的。