Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. It may not be difficult to store up in the mind a vast quantity of face within a comparatively short time, but the ability to form judgments requires the severe discipline of hard work and the tempering heat of experience and maturity.

  • -- Calvin Coolidge 卡尔文·柯立芝

知识来了,智慧却迟迟不前。在相对较短的时间内在头脑中储存大量的面孔可能并不困难,但是形成判断的能力需要严格的刻苦训练和经验与成熟的磨练。

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There is only one thing which can master the perplexed stuff of epic material into unity; and that is, an ability to see in particular human experience some significant symbolism of man's general destiny.

只有一种东西能把史诗材料的困惑统一起来;也就是说,一种特殊的能力,能够看到人类的经历,人类命运的一些重要象征。

The academy gave me a grounding in discipline and hard work that has sustained me throughout my life, and the lessons I learned there I now try to impress on young people.

学院为我打下了纪律和勤奋的基础,这些基础支撑着我的一生,我在那里学到的经验教训,现在我试图让年轻人铭记在心。

Anything that is wasted effort represents wasted time. The best management of our time thus becomes linked inseparably with the best utilization of our efforts.

任何浪费精力的事都是浪费时间。因此,对我们时间的最佳管理与我们努力的最佳利用是密不可分的。

Most times when people pitch you as being perfect for a part... they don't look at you as an actor who can transform. A lot of people are so literal.

大多数时候,当人们把你说成是一个完美的角色……他们不会把你看成一个可以改变的演员。很多人都是字面意思。

I've discovered that sheer quantity doesn't necessarily make for a heavier sound; if anything, overdubs make guitars sound mushier.

我发现纯粹的数量并不一定会产生更重的声音;如果有的话,配音过多会使吉他听起来更混音。

Gold, on the contrary, though of little use compared with air or water, will exchange for a great quantity of other goods.

相反,黄金虽然与空气或水相比用处不大,但可以用来交换大量的其他商品。

Now I also discipline myself to do things I love to do when I don't want to do them.

现在我也约束自己去做我喜欢做的事情,当我不想做的时候。

It is the ability to choose which makes us human.

是选择的能力使我们成为人类。