Men build bridges and throw railroads across deserts, and yet they contend successfully that job of sewing on a button is beyond them. Accordingly, they don’t have to sew buttons.

  • -- Heywood Campbell Broun Jr. 海伍德·坎贝尔·布鲁恩

人们在沙漠中修桥、修铁路,然而他们成功地争辩说,缝钮扣的工作超出了他们的能力范围。因此,他们不需要缝扣子。

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Getting sober just exploded my life. Now I have a much clearer sense of myself and what I can and can't do. I am more successful than I have ever been. I feel very positive where I never did before, and I think that's all a direct result of getting sober.

清醒一下就毁了我的生活。现在我对自己有了更清晰的认识,知道自己能做什么,不能做什么。我比以往任何时候都要成功。我从来没有像现在这样乐观过,我认为这都是清醒的直接结果。

First of all we have to recognize that despite all the problems - and in some cases failures - that this regime has been much more successful, much more resilient, than people had anticipated.

首先,我们必须认识到,尽管存在种种问题,而且在某些情况下还出现了失败,但这一制度比人们预期的要成功得多,更有韧性。

Men naturally despise those who court them, but respect those who do not give way to them.

人们自然鄙视那些追求他们的人,但尊重那些不给他们让路的人。

For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them.

对许多人来说,获得财富并不能结束他们的烦恼,它只会改变他们。

I can't think of anything that I turned down that became big and successful.

我想不出有什么事情是我拒绝了之后变得又大又成功的。

The worst part of success is trying to find someone who is happy for you.

成功最糟糕的部分就是试图找到一个为你高兴的人。