The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we hold of ourselves with the appalling things that other people think about us.

  • -- Quentin Crisp 昆汀·奎斯普

存在的目的就是要调和我们对自己的强烈看法和别人对我们的可怕看法。

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Everyone goes to the same exhibitions and the same parties, stays in the same handful of hotels, eats at the same no-star restaurants, and has almost the same opinions. I adore the art world, but this is copycat behavior in a sphere that prides itself on independent thinking.

每个人都参加同样的展览,参加同样的派对,住同样的几家酒店,在同样的无星级餐厅吃饭,并且有着几乎相同的观点。我热爱艺术世界,但这是一个以独立思考为荣的领域里的模仿行为。

It is possible to demonstrate God's existence, although not a priori, yet a posteriori from some work of His more surely known to us.

我们有可能证明上帝的存在,虽然不是先验的,但却是从我们所熟知的上帝的某些作品中推断出来的。

People say you have to work on your resentments. Yeah, no, I'm gonna hang onto them and they're gonna fuel my attack.

人们说你必须克服你的怨恨。不,我要抓住他们,他们会给我的攻击火上浇油。

The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has been in existence for most of this century.

卡内基促进教学发展基金会在本世纪的大部分时间里一直存在。

It's interesting because people assume that because I'm famous I know all famous people.

这很有趣,因为人们认为,因为我很有名,所以我认识所有的名人。

Men who borrow their opinions can never repay their debts.

借用别人意见的人永远也还不了债。