贺韬
1. Why do people say “no offense” right before theyre about to offend1 you?
为什么人们在冒犯别人前都要先说一句“无意冒犯”?
2. My therapist told me the way to achieve true inner2 peace is to finish what I start. So far
Ive finished two bags of M&Ms and a chocolate cake. I feel better already.
我的理疗师告诉我,要想达到真正的内心的平和,就需要把未完成的事情都解决掉。所
以我就解决掉了两袋M&M巧克力豆和一个巧克力蛋糕,现在感觉好多了。
3. Always borrow money from a pessimist3. He wont expect it back.
要借钱就向悲观主义者借吧,因为他们不指望你会还。
4. Nothing is more terrible than that moment during an argument when you realize youre
wrong.
没有什么比正在争论时突然发现自己是错的感觉更糟糕了。
5. By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, youll become happy; if you get a bad one,
youll become a philosopher4.
无论如何,婚还是要结的。如果你找到个好妻子,你会生活得很快乐;如果找到个不好
的,你会成为一个哲学家。
6. A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend. A successful
woman is one who can find such a man.
一个成功的男人就是赚的钱要比老婆花的钱多;而一个成功的女人就是找到这样一个
男人。
7. If you steal from one author, its plagiarism; if you steal from many, its research.
抄袭一个作家,那是剽窃;抄袭很多个作家,那是研究。
8. If you think nobody cares if youre alive, try missing a couple of car payments5.
如果你觉得根本没人在乎你的死活,可以试一试几个月不还车贷。
9. I didnt fight my way to the top of the food chain to be a vegetarian6.
我拼死拼活奋斗到食物链顶端,可不是为了成为一个素食者。