The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common sense, without the grace of genius, can deal with successfully.

  • -- Walter Lippmann 沃尔特·利普曼

一个好的领导者的天才之处在于,他留下了一个没有天才风度的常识可以成功处理的局面。

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I say it is indispensable to look ahead of and behind oneself in the present. If there is such a thing as tradition, and I believe there is, it can only exist in the sense of the most profound movements of culture.

我想说的是,在当下向前看和往后看是不可缺少的。如果有传统这种东西,我相信有,它只能存在于最深刻的文化运动的意义上。

The choice of personnel, perhaps the most important choice (because 'people are policy'), never proceeds according to plan, but there have been some successful transitions that upheld high standards.

人员的选择,也许是最重要的选择(因为“人就是政策”),从来不会按照计划进行,但也有一些成功的过渡支持高标准。

Remember you will not always win. Some days, the most resourceful individual will taste defeat. But there is, in this case, always tomorrow - after you have done your best to achieve success today.

记住,你不会永远赢。总有一天,最足智多谋的人也会尝到失败的滋味。但是,在这种情况下,总有明天——在你今天尽力取得成功之后。

Upon the clothes behind the tenement, That hang like ghosts suspended from the lines, Linking each flat, but to each indifferent, Incongruous and strange the moonlight shines.

在公寓后面的衣服上,那些衣服像幽灵一样悬挂在绳子上,连接着每一间公寓,但月光照耀着每一间冷漠、不协调和奇怪的公寓。

Greater than scene is situation. Greater than situation is implication. Greater than all of these is a single, entire human being, who will never be confined in any frame.

情景胜于场景。言外之意大于言外之意。比这一切更伟大的是一个单独的、完整的人,他永远不会被限制在任何框架内。

If I could get a deal on whatever my impulse was, whenever my impulse struck, and it was nearby, I would use that all the time. It would reshape the way that I shop.

如果我能买到一笔交易,不管我的冲动是什么,无论我的冲动什么时候出现,而且就在附近,我都会一直用它。它将重塑我的购物方式。

Balance, peace, and joy are the fruit of a successful life. It starts with recognizing your talents and finding ways to serve others by using them.

平衡、平和和快乐是成功生活的果实。首先要认识到你的才能,并找到利用它们为他人服务的方法。

Situation comedies are old-fashioned - they stick to formulas. I resent their music which is old fashioned. I resent the use of a laugh track.

情景喜剧已经过时了——它们都遵循套路。我讨厌他们的老式音乐。我讨厌使用笑轨。

Forgiveness is the answer to the child's dream of a miracle by which what is broken is made whole again, what is soiled is made clean again.

宽恕是对孩子梦想奇迹的答案,通过奇迹,破碎的东西重新成为完整的,弄脏的东西重新变得干净。

Jesus wept; Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived the grace of present civilization.

耶稣哭了。伏尔泰笑了。从那神圣的眼泪和人类的微笑中,产生了现代文明的优雅。

Newspaper readership is declining like crazy. In fact, there's a good chance that nobody is reading my column.

报纸的读者群正在疯狂地减少。事实上,很有可能没有人在读我的专栏。

I had a jeep made up for Michael, and he would take it on tour, and he would hide behind it, like a curtain.

我为迈克尔准备了一辆吉普车,他会带着它去巡回演出,他会像窗帘一样躲在车后。

The leader has to be practical and a realist, yet must talk the language of the visionary and the idealist.

领导者必须是务实的、现实主义的,但同时也必须使用幻想家和理想主义者的语言。

Grant stood by me when I was crazy, and I stood by him when he was drunk, and now we stand by each other.

我发疯的时候格兰特支持我,他喝醉的时候我支持他,现在我们彼此支持。

When you're younger - duh - you don't really have the tools to deal with certain things in your life.

当你年轻的时候,你没有真正的工具来处理生活中的某些事情。

We gave up on the idea of trying to make the record a good representation of the live performance.

我们放弃了让唱片很好地再现现场表演的想法。

We have a great sense of togetherness. It is our team spirit that has taken us to this World Cup.

我们有很强的归属感。正是我们的团队精神把我们带到了本届世界杯。

Always leave something to wish for; otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness.

总是留下一些希望;否则你会因为你的幸福而痛苦。

So whenever I hear The Beatles I always feel I've got a lot in common with everybody else.

所以每当我听到披头士,我总是觉得我和其他人有很多共同之处。

You can go wherever you please but it's the insides that you cannot leave.

你可以去任何你想去的地方,但你不能离开的是内心。

One's friends are that part of the human race with which one can be human.

一个人的朋友是人类可以成为人类的一部分。

Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.

社会总是对任何常识的新例子感到惊讶。

God's mercy and grace give me hope - for myself, and for our world.

上帝的仁慈和恩典给了我希望——为我自己,也为我们的世界。

I know all about cheating. I've had six very successful marriages.

我对作弊了如指掌。我有过六次非常成功的婚姻。

If it has to be done at all, it must be done with grace.

如果必须要做,那就必须优雅地做。

Grace in women has more effect than beauty.

女人的优雅比美丽更有效果。

Ability is nothing without opportunity.

没有机会就没有能力。

Without passion life is nothing.

没有激情,生活什么都不是。