I have three phobias which, could I mute them, would make my life as slick as a sonnet, but as dull as ditch water: I hate to go to bed, I hate to get up, and I hate to be alone.

  • -- Tallulah Bankhead 班克黑德

我有三种恐惧症,如果我能消除它们,它们会使我的生活像十四行诗一样流畅,但又像排水沟里的水一样枯燥:我讨厌睡觉,我讨厌起床,我讨厌一个人呆着。

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I had to stop traveling alone because I missed so many planes. When somebody runs up to you in the airport and begins to tell you their life story, you can't say, 'Excuse me, boo,' as they're weeping on your bosom.

我不得不停止独自旅行,因为我错过了很多飞机。当有人在机场跑到你面前,开始向你讲述他们的人生故事时,你不能说“对不起,嘘”,因为他们在你胸前哭泣。

Science and technology multiply around us. To an increasing extent they dictate the languages in which we speak and think. Either we use those languages, or we remain mute.

科技在我们身边繁衍生息。在越来越大的程度上,它们决定了我们说话和思考的语言。我们要么使用这些语言,要么保持沉默。

Death is the mother of Beauty; hence from her, alone, shall come fulfillment to our dreams and our desires.

死亡是美之母;因此,只有她才能实现我们的梦想和愿望。

I would say I'd rather dig a ditch, you know, do hard, manual labor than write lyrics.

我会说,我宁愿挖一条沟,你知道,做艰苦的体力劳动,而不是写歌词。

Work and love - these are the basics. Without them there is neurosis.

工作和爱——这是最基本的。没有他们,就会有神经症。

In the presence of princes the cleverest jester is mute.

在王子面前,最聪明的小丑也是哑巴。