I am an Epicurean. I consider the genuine (not the imputed) doctrines of Epicurus as containing everything rational in moral philosophy which Greek and Roman leave to us.

  • -- Thomas Jefferson 托马斯·杰斐逊

我是个享乐主义者。我认为伊壁鸠鲁真正的(而不是假定的)学说包含了希腊和罗马留给我们的道德哲学的一切理性。

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I've done plenty of daredeviling - from white-water rafting to bungee jumping. But I think the most fearless was hosting the Emmy Awards. It was overwhelming, and I definitely had to leave fear at the door.

从激流泛舟到蹦极,我做过很多惊险刺激的运动。但我认为最无畏的是主持艾美奖。这是压倒性的,我必须把恐惧留在门口。

I never fixed a story. I didn't make judgments, I let the listener make judgments. When I got to the end of the story, if it had a moral, I let the listener find it.

我从来没有编过故事。我不做判断,我让听众做判断。当我讲到故事的结尾时,如果它有寓意,我会让听众自己去发现。

I think when I was two years old in the sandbox. I think I formulated my basic philosophy there, and I haven't really had to alter it very much ever since.

我记得我两岁的时候在沙箱里。我想我已经在那里阐述了我的基本哲学,从那以后我就没怎么改变过它。

I consider myself really lucky and I always have done. My approach is that if I know I'm relaxed and happy, then I will do my best work.

我认为自己真的很幸运,我一直都是这样做的。我的方法是,如果我知道我是放松和快乐的,那么我会尽我最大的努力。

The most painful moral struggles are not those between good and evil, but between the good and the lesser good.

最痛苦的道德斗争不是善恶之间的斗争,而是善与恶之间的斗争。

It's not what you take when you leave this world behind you. It's what you leave behind you when you go.

当你离开这个世界时,它不是你带走的东西。它是你离开时留下的东西。

Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything.

在任何事情上追求完美的艺术家,在任何事情上都无法达到完美。

I consider myself more of a visual comedian than a physical one.

我认为自己更像是一个视觉喜剧演员,而不是一个身体上的喜剧演员。

Everything comes in time to those who can wait.

只要能等待,一切都会按时来。

Light in comparison with darkness is a void.

与黑暗相比,光明是空虚的。