“No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.”
「不管別人怎麼跟你說,言語和想法都能改變世界。」
“We don’t read and write poetry because it’s cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for.”
「我們讀詩、寫詩,不是因為這麼做很可愛,而是因為我們是人類的一份子,而人總是滿腔熱情。醫藥、法律、商業、工程,這些都是很崇高的追求,是支持我們生活的必需。但是詩、美麗、浪漫、愛情,才是我們活著的意義。」
“Boys, you must strive to find your own voice. Because the longer you wait to begin, the less likely you are to find it at all. Thoreau said, “Most men lead lives of quiet desperation.” Don’t be resigned to that. Break Out!”
「孩子們,你們必須努力尋找自己的聲音。你越晚開始,就越難找到它。梭羅曾說:『大多數的人都生活在平靜的絕望中』,別任由這樣的事發生,勇敢突破!」
“I stand upon my desk to remind myself that we must constantly look at things in a different way."
「我站上講台,是為了提醒自己,我們永遠要用不同的眼光看待事物。」
“Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary."
「及時行樂!孩子們,把握每一天,活出你不平凡的生命。」
還有《心靈捕手》裡,
那個鼓勵人勇敢做自己的西恩教授:
“Real loss is only possible when you love something more than you love yourself."
「只有當你愛某些東西比愛自己還要多時,你才可能真正的失去。」
“You’ll have bad times, but it’ll always wake you up to the good stuff you weren’t paying attention to.”
「你會有低潮的時候,但那些你沒注意到的美好事情,總是會把你喚醒。」
在他的喜劇表演、受訪、和其他電影中,曾經講到的:
“What’s right is what’s left if you do everything else wrong.”
「如果你把其他的事情都做錯,那剩下來的,就都是對的事情。」
“Some are born great. Some achieve greatness. Some get it as a graduation gift."
「有人天生就偉大,有些人努力實現偉大,但也有人把偉大當成學習後拿到的畢業禮物。」
"You’re only given a little spark of madness. You mustn’t lose it."
「你只有一點點瘋狂的火花,絕不要失去它。」
“You have this idea that you’d better keep working otherwise people will forget. And that was dangerous."
「我最好得努力工作,不然別人會把我忘記。這樣的想法,其實是很危險的。」
“I used to think that the worst thing in life was to end up all alone. It’s not. The worst thing in life is ending up with people who make you feel all alone."
「我曾經認為人生最糟的事,就是孤單的老去。但其實不是。最糟糕的是,當你老去時,身旁有個讓你覺得孤單的人。