The Law of Triviality... briefly stated, it means that the time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved.

  • -- C. Northcote Parkinson 帕金森

琐事定律…简单地说,这意味着在议程任何项目上花费的时间将与所涉数额成反比。

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I'm not sure I'm quite ready to have someone be a prospector of jobs for me, because I believe there's some kind of destiny involved with meeting people... some things are just meant to happen.

我不确定我是否已经准备好让别人来为我寻找工作,因为我相信与人交往是命中注定的……有些事情是注定要发生的。

Music is by no means something I was like, 'I'm going to make a career out of this!' It's the only thing I know how to do, so it was more like, 'I hope to God I can make a career out of this!'

音乐绝不是我说的‘我要以此为职业!“这是我唯一会做的事情,所以我更像是在说,‘我希望上帝能让我以此为职业!’”

And I think for me there's a lot of neurosis involved with where you should be or thinking about where you are all the time instead of being where you are.

我认为对我来说,有很多神经官能症与你应该在哪里有关,或者总是想着你在哪里,而不是你现在在哪里。

I think it's time for the people and the press, in particular, to be more vigilant about not giving equal weight to lies as they give the truth.

我认为现在是时候让人民和媒体,尤其是媒体,更加警惕,不要像对待真相一样对待谎言。

Strong men greet war, tempest, hard times. They wish, as Pindar said, to tread the floors of hell, with necessities as hard as iron.

强者迎接战争、暴风雨和艰难时刻。正如品达所说,他们希望带着像铁一样坚硬的必需品踏上地狱的地板。

Let a bill, or law, be read, in the one branch or the other, every one instantly thinks how it will affect his constituents.

让一项法案或法律在这个或那个分支机构被阅读,每个人都会立即想到它将如何影响他的选民。

The quality of moral behavior varies in inverse ratio to the number of human beings involved.

道德行为的质量与参与其中的人数成反比。

There is an inverse relationship between reliance on the state and self-reliance.

依赖国家和自力更生之间存在着一种相反的关系。

Stability means respecting precedents.

稳定意味着尊重先例。

I worked my way through law school.

我靠自己的努力读完了法学院。