Saturday, February 28, 2015

[ENG] 英文俚語

Mistakes are stepping stones to success. - 失敗為成功之母

With every end comes a beginning. - 柳暗花明又一村

Quote from Movies

You see nothing, perhaps that's not the beauty you seek. - Thor

Quote from TV shows

If you're looking for a word that means caring about someone beyond all rationality and wanting them to have everything they want, no matter how much it destroys you, it's love. - HIMYM

When you care about someone, hurt is kind of part of the package. - Walking Dead

Attic Theory : Human brains, a storage space for facts. Because that space is finite, it must be filled only with the things one needs to be the best, version of oneself. It's important, therefore not to have useless facts, crowding out useful ones. - Elementary

A facility for quotation covers an absence of original thought. - Elementary

Sometimes you have to take a leap of faith first, the trust part comes later. - Elementary

The only way to know how strong is to keep testing your limits. - Elementary

Myriad studies have shown that first instincts are typically the right ones. - Elementary

It has its costs, learning to see the puzzle in everything. They are everywhere, once you start looking, it's impossible to stop. - Elementary

You're a step ahead of everybody for long enough, people start calling you brilliant. - Elementary

The strongest of all warriors are these two: time and patience. - Elementary

It's connected to the conflict at your core, the tension between a conventional life and yearning to heed the call of adventure. - Elementary

According to most studies, people's number one fear is public speaking, number two is death. If you have to go to a funeral, you're better off in the casket than doing the eulogy. - Seinfeld

The difference between single and married is the form of government. When you're single, you're the dictator of your own life, I have complete power. When I give the order to fall asleep on the sofa with TV on in the middle of day, no one can overrule me. When you're married, you're part of a vast decision-making body. Before anything's done, there are meetings, Committees have to study the situation, and this is if the marriage works. That's what so painful about divorce, you've been impeached, you weren't even the president. - - Seinfeld