珠玑集

Great leaders are almost alwaysgreat simplifiers.

伟大的领袖，几乎无不擅长化繁为简。

——美国前国务卿鲍成尔

It's hard to lead a cavalry charge ifyou think you look funny on a horse.

假如你觉得自己坐在马上样子古怪，就很难领导骑兵冲锋陷阵。

——美国政治家阿德莱·史蒂文森

The person who knows "how" will alwayshave a job. The person who knows "why" willalways be his boss.

懂得“怎样”的人，一定会找到工作；懂得“为什么”的人，则一定会是他的老板。

——美国前助理国务卿／教育学家拉维奇

Being powerful is like being a lady. If youhave to tell people you are, you aren't.

人之有权，一如女士之有修养。假如你得向人宣称你“有”就等于没有。

——英国前首相撒切尔夫人

Good leadership requires you to surroundyourself with people of diverse perspectiveswho can disagree with you without fear ofretaliation.

卓越的领导才能，在于网罗各有见地的下属，即使他们和你意见不合，也不必担心受惩罚。

——著名学者／作家，历史学家著名学者多

莉丝·基恩斯·古德温

It takes 20 years to build a reputation andfive minutes to ruin ito

If you think about that,you'll do things differently.

建立声誉得耗时20年，毁掉则不过5分钟。想到这一点，你做事的方式就会大不同。

——股神巴菲特

I married the first man I ever kissed.When I tell this to my children, they justabout throw up.

我亲吻的第一个男人，就是我嫁的人。我把这个告诉儿女，他们听了，几乎作呕。

——老布什夫人

Marriage is our last, best chance togrow up.

结婚是我们最后、也是最好的成长机会。

——18世纪著名眼科医生约瑟夫·博斯

The critical period in matrimony is breakfasttime.

婚姻的危险期是在早餐的时候。

——英国国会议员／作家／法律改革者贺伯特

Only two things are necessary to keepone's wife happy. One is to let her think sheis having her own way the other, to let herhave it.

要讓妻子快乐，只须做两件事：一是令她以为可以自作主张；二是让她自作主张。

——美国第36任总统林登·约翰逊

When a husband brings his wife flowers forno reason, there's a reason.

丈夫无故送花给妻子，必有原因。

——美国电台节目主持莫莉·麦基

Men always want to be a woman's firstlove ... Women have a more subtle instinct...What

[they]

like is to be a man's

lastromance.

男人总想当女人初恋的情人；女人的本能较为微妙，她们想成为男人最后一个浪漫的对象。

——爱尔兰诗人／剧作家奥斯卡·王尔德

The most dangerous food is wedding cake。

最危险的食物就是结婚蛋糕。

——作家／漫画家詹姆斯·格罗弗

(编辑王克峰)