英國(guó)3000名觀眾接受由數(shù)字電視臺(tái)DAVE主辦的民調(diào),選出史上最機(jī)智的10句話。
1.作家王爾德:“你一定要原諒你的敵人——再?zèng)]有一件事可以讓對(duì)方更惱怒了?!?/p>
Oscar Wilde, writer "Always forgive your enemies-nothing annoys them so much."
2.喜劇演員史帕克·密拉根:“我只有一個(gè)要求——讓我有機(jī)會(huì)證明錢(qián)無(wú)法讓我快樂(lè)?!?/p>
Spike Milligan, comic"All I ask is the chance to prove that money can't make me happy."
3.演員史蒂芬·佛萊:“原創(chuàng)構(gòu)想不會(huì)太難找吧,圖書(shū)館里多的是?!?/p>
Stephen Fry, actor "An original idea. That can't be too hard. The library must be full of them."
4.汽車(chē)雜志記者杰里米·克拉克森:“從來(lái)沒(méi)有人因速度喪命,危險(xiǎn)的是突然靜止下來(lái)?!?/p>
Jeremy Clarkson, car journalist "Speed has never killed anyone. Suddenly becoming stationary - that's what gets you."
5.政治家丘吉爾:“政治家必須有能力預(yù)言明天、下周、下個(gè)月和明年將發(fā)生的事,而且事后要有能力解釋為何沒(méi)有發(fā)生。”
Sir Winston Churchill,politician"A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen."
6.喜劇演員保羅·莫頓:“我到紐約的第一天,有個(gè)人問(wèn)我知不知道中央公園在哪里?我說(shuō)不知道。他說(shuō):‘你介意我在這里搶劫你嗎?”
Paul Merton, actor/comedian "On my first day in New York a man asked me if I knew where Central Park was. When I told him I didn't, he said, "Do you mind if I mug you here? ""
7.劇作家諾爾·考沃:“有人感嘆歌劇改變太多,這句話說(shuō)錯(cuò)了,問(wèn)題就出在歌劇一點(diǎn)都沒(méi)變?!?/p>
Noel Coward, playwright"People are wrong when they say opera is not what it used to be. That is what's wrong with it."
8.劇作家莎士比亞:“女子未婚時(shí)什么都不要,只要丈夫,有了丈夫后,卻什么都想要。”
William Shakespeare, playwright "Maids want nothing but husbands and when they have them, they want everything."
9.足球經(jīng)理布萊恩·克勞:“我不敢說(shuō)自己是業(yè)界最頂尖的經(jīng)理人,但應(yīng)該不做第二人想?!?/p>
Brian Clough, football manager "I wouldn't say I was the best manager in the business, but I was in the top one."
10.音樂(lè)家里恩·蓋拉格:“美國(guó)人喜歡表演者邋邋遢遢,在舞臺(tái)上猛指自己的頭。碰到我們這種優(yōu)秀人才,還擦了體香劑,他們卻不懂得欣賞?!?/p>
Liam Gallagher,musician"Americans want grungy people, stabbing themselves in the head on stage. They get a bright bunch like us, with deodorant on, they don't get it."
(責(zé)任編輯:王克峰)
海外星云 2008年6期