You cannot carry on forever squeezing the productive bit of the economy in order to fund an unprecedented engorgement of the unproductive bit.

  • -- Daniel Hannan 丹尼尔·汉南

你不可能永远压榨经济中有生产力的部分,以资助对无生产力部分前所未有的大量消费。

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Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort. If you have a burning, restless urge to write or paint, simply eat something sweet and the feeling will pass.

很少有人有真正的艺术才能。因此,通过努力来刺激局势既不合适,也没有效果。如果你有一种强烈的,不安分的写作或绘画的冲动,只要吃点甜食,这种感觉就会过去。

It is not productive to see things in simple black and white, and talk in either anti-nuclear or pro-nuclear terms.

把事情简单地白纸黑字写下来,然后用反核或支持核的术语来讨论,是没有成效的。

Faffing, of course, does not fit the programme. We are supposed to be busy, productive citizens.

当然,失态不符合这个计划。我们应该是忙碌而富有成效的公民。