If it were not for the fact that editors have become so timorous in these politically correct times, I would probably have a greater readership than I have.

  • -- Pat Oliphant 帕特·奥列芬特

如果不是因为编辑们在这个政治正确的时代变得如此胆怯,我可能会拥有比现在更多的读者。

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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.

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。

There are two kinds of editors, those who correct your copy and those who say it's wonderful.

有两种编辑,一种是更正你的稿件,另一种是说它很棒。

I think editors have to come out of a certain kind of community.

我认为编辑必须来自某种特定的社区。

We live in ugly times.

我们生活在一个丑陋的时代。