I, Me, Myself

Marquis de la Grange

"When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice."
當我們求別人指點，其實是想要有人替我們背書。

Paul Beatty

"If all the world's a stage, I want to operate the trap door."
世界若是個舞台，我想當那個獸籠的開門人。

Doug Larson

"If the English language made any sense, a catastrophe would be an apostrophe with fur."
這句…不會翻…(泣) 可是我覺這句話好好笑~~XD
建議翻譯：如果英文講道理，災難 (CAT-astrophe) 會是長皮毛的上標點 (apostrophe)。by amorch

Will Rogers

"There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you."
想當個很滑稽的人沒什麼撇步，只要整個政府都替你工作便成。
建議翻譯：當整個政府為你工作(負責提供笑料)，當喜劇演員沒啥難的。by amorch

Pam Davis

"Lies are like children: they're hard work, but it's worth it because the future depends on them."
謊言就像孩子：工作的很努力，但一切都是值得的，因為未來掌握在他們手中。
建議翻譯：撒謊就像養小孩：要非常賣力，不過未來要全靠他了。by lifegetter

George Wald

"A physicist is an atom's way of knowing about atoms."
物理學家就是用原子的眼睛去看原子。

Niels Bohr

"An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field."
專家就是在他自己小小領域裡面把所有能發生的錯誤都試過的人。

Bertrand Russell

"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts."
這世界的問題，在於笨蛋和狂熱份子都對自己深信不疑，但有點頭腦的人卻處處充滿疑問。
這世界的問題在於愚者信心滿滿，而智者猶豫不決。by amorch

Raymond Chandler

"At least half the mystery novels published violate the law that the solution, once revealed, must seem to be inevitable."
目前市面上的推理小說，至少有一半都不符合「結局一出來便合情合理」的鐵則。

 
Jack Handey

"I hope that when I die, people say about me, 'Boy, that guy sure owed me a lot of money.'"
希望我死的時候，別人都說：「哼，那個人實在欠我很多錢。」

 
Mark Twain

"Part of the secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside."
生活成功的祕訣之一，儘管吃你愛吃的，別管那些食物會在胃裡打架。

Akira Kurosawa

"In a mad world only the mad are sane."
瘋狂的世界裡，瘋狂才是正常。

A. Whitney Brown

"I'm not a vegetarian because I love animals. I'm a vegetarian because I hate plants."
我不是因為喜歡動物才吃素。我是因為討厭植物才吃素。

 
Samuel Goldwyn

"Television has raised writing to a new low."
電視把寫作帶到一個前所未有的新低境界。

 
P. J. O'Rourke

"Very little is known of the Canadian country since it is rarely visited by anyone but the Queen and illiterate sport fishermen."
在英國女王和沒知識球探踩上這塊土地之前，人們對加拿大根本一無所知。
建議翻譯：大家不瞭解加拿大，因為除了女王和文盲漁夫外少人到過。by lifegetter

Jules Renard

"Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money."
寫作是唯一一種你不賺錢別人也不覺得你腦袋壞掉的職業。

 
Rita Rudner

"Someday I want to be rich. Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be."
總有一天我要變得很有錢。有些人有錢到失去人性。我要的就是像他們那麼有錢。

 
H. L. Mencken

"Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence."
愛，就是幻想勝過理智。

Dorothy Parker

"If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to."
你想知道上帝把錢當成什麼，看祂把錢給什麼人就知道。

Thomas Neill

"Of those who say nothing, few are silent."
那些不說話的人，沒幾個是自願沉默的。

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