乔治·卡林的七句话

             英译汉：孙泽先

Weather forecast for tonight: dark.

今夜天气预报：黑暗。

Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?

你注意到没有，开车比你慢的人是个傻子，而开车比你快的人是个疯子。

Some people see things that are and ask, Why? Some people dream of things that never were and ask, Why not? Some people have to go to work and don't have time for all that.

有些人看到身边的事就会问为什么，有些人梦想一些没边儿的事就会问为什么不，而有些人忙着去上班没有时间问这问那。

Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist.

在每一个愤世嫉俗者的内心都有一个失望的理想主义者。

Most people work just hard enough not to get fired and get paid just enough money not to quit.

大多数人工作努力到不被解雇的程度，而得到的工资便是不想辞职的数额。

The reason I talk to myself is that I'm the only one whose answers I accept.

我自言自语的原因在于我是那个能够接受我回话的唯一的人。

By and large, language is a tool for concealing the truth.

总的说来，语言是一个掩盖真理的工具。

    乔治·卡林（George Denis Patrick Carlin，1937－2008），美国人，独脚喜剧（stand-up comedy）表演者、演员、作家，生前因其喜剧专辑赢得四座格莱美奖，在过世后的2009年，因It's Bad For Ya获得第五座格莱美奖。卡林以其政治洞察力、黑色幽默，以及展现在语言、心理学、宗教及诸多禁忌主题观察闻名。