The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only to hold a man's foot long enough to enable him to put the other somewhat higher.

  • -- Thomas Henry Huxley 赫胥黎

梯子的横档从来就不是用来搁脚的,而是用来托住一个人的脚,使他能把另一只脚放得高一点。

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The creative act lasts but a brief moment, a lightning instant of give-and-take, just long enough for you to level the camera and to trap the fleeting prey in your little box.

这种创造性的行为只持续了很短的一段时间,就像闪电一样的给予和接受,这段时间刚好够你把相机调平,把稍纵即逝的猎物困在你的小盒子里。

A lot of people don't give much thought to what they believe, and it's easy for them to hold what often are two conflicting ideas in their head at the same time.

很多人不太在意他们所相信的东西,他们很容易同时持有两种经常相互冲突的想法。

Hold up! I'm on the hill. If you shake it up, better let it chill. Creekwater still steals, Baby's gotta eat so I steal that meal.

举起!我在山上。如果你摇晃它,最好让它冷却。小溪的水还在偷,宝贝要吃了,所以我偷了那顿饭。

Were I a cloud I'd gather My skirts up in the air, And fly well know whither, And rest I well know where.

如果我是一朵云,我就把裙子撩到空中,飞到我知道的地方,休息到我知道的地方。

If they aren't real enough to surprise me, then they aren't real enough to go on the page.

如果它们不够真实,不足以让我感到惊讶,那么它们也不够真实,不足以让我动笔。

If a man can... make a better mousetrap, the world will make a beaten path to his door.

如果一个男人能……做一个更好的捕鼠器,世界就会开辟一条通往自己家门口的路。

For the rest of my life, I will search for moments full of you.

在我的余生里,我会寻找充满你的时刻。

Voters quickly forget what a man says.

选民很快就会忘记一个人说了什么。