The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right place but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

  • -- Lady Dorothy Nevill 多萝西·内维尔夫人

谈话的真正艺术不只是在正确的地方说正确的话,而是在诱人的时刻不说错误的话。

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The speed of communication, the speed of information transfer, the cheapness of communication, the ease of moving things around the world are a difference in kind as well as degree.

通讯的速度,信息的传输速度,通讯的廉价,在世界各地移动物品的便利程度都是有差别的。

I don't start with a design objective, I start with a communication objective. I feel my project is successful if it communicates what it is supposed to communicate.

我不是从设计目标开始,而是从交流目标开始。我觉得如果我的项目传达了它应该传达的东西,那么它就是成功的。

I think the first virtue is to restrain the tongue; he approaches nearest to gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.

我认为首要的美德是管住舌头;他最接近知道如何保持沉默的神,即使他是对的。

Truly great actors carry their characters in silence with them. They communicate without words the relationships that predate the movie.

真正伟大的演员会在沉默中塑造自己的角色。他们不用语言来表达电影上映前的关系。

In the battle of existence, Talent is the punch; Tact is the clever footwork.

在生存之战中,才能是制胜法宝;机智是聪明的步法。