10則關於新年的精彩引文
It's that time of year: for drinking and partying and then making New Year's resolutions. Here are 10 great New Year jokes and quotes.
又快到新年了，這正是暢飲歡聚的好時刻，也是立下新年志向的時刻。在此，我們列出了10則與新年有關的引文。
"Whatever it is you're scared of doing, Do it. Make your mistakes, next year and forever.”
“你最害怕什麼，去做就是了。勇於犯錯，每年都是如此，永遠永遠。”
English author NEIL GAIMAN (1960-)
——尼爾·蓋曼（1960-），英國作家"It's not because I'm lonely, and it's not because it's New Year's Eve. I came here tonight because when you realise you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible."
“我來這並不是因爲我寂寞，也不是因爲今天是除夕，而是因爲如果你想要與某人共度餘生， 那麼你就會希望餘生儘早開始。”
What BILLY CRYSTAL's character Harry says to Sally (Meg Ryan) in the 1989 American romantic comedy film written by Nora Ephron
這句臺詞是1989年諾拉·艾芙倫擔任編劇的美國喜劇電影《當哈利碰上莎莉》中，男主角哈利（比利·克里斯托飾）對女主角莎莉（梅格·瑞安飾）的告白。"Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow: The year is going, let him go; Ring out the false, ring in the true."
“鐘聲送舊，鐘聲迎新，響吧，幸福的鐘，響徹皚皚白雪。這一年即將離去，讓他去吧。鐘聲送僞，鐘聲迎真。”
In Memoriam, by ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON (1809-1892)
選自阿爾弗雷德·丁尼生（1809-1892）詩集《悼念》"Good resolutions are simply cheques that men draw on a bank where they have no account."
“好的新年決心不過是人們開出的空頭支票罷了。”
OSCAR WILDE (1854-1900), playwright and poet
——奧斯卡·王爾德（1854-1900），劇作家，詩人"A new heart for a New Year, always!"
“總是以嶄新的精神面貌迎接新的一年。”
CHARLES DICKENS (1812-1870), in The Chimes
選自查爾斯·狄更斯（1812-1870）《教堂鐘聲》"Cheers to a New Year and another chance for us to get it right."
“爲了新的一年，爲了我們還有機會把事情做好，乾杯！”
TV host OPRAH WINFREY (above, being awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013 by Barack Obama)
奧普拉·溫弗瑞，節目主持人（2013年，由奧巴馬總統授予總統自由勳章）"Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow."
“借鑑昨天，活在今天，憧憬明天。”
ALBERT EINSTEIN (1879-1955), the German-born physicist who developed the general theory of relativity, asked for his New Year resolution
——阿爾伯特·愛因斯坦（1879-1955），物理學家，生於德國，創立了相對論，這是他對新年志向的回答。
“新年的目的並非是擁有新的一年，而是擁有一個新的靈魂。”
GK CHESTERTON (1874-1936), English writer, poet and lay theologian
——吉爾伯特·基思·切斯特頓（1874-1936），英國作家，詩人，世俗神學家。"Be at War with your Vices, at Peace with your Neighbours, and let every New Year find you a better man."
“與惡習作戰，與鄰里友好相處，在新的一年變得更加優秀。”
One of America's Founding Fathers, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, in the 1755 Poor Richard's Almanac
選自美國國父之一本傑明·富蘭克林1755年作品《窮人理查德年鑑》。"Many years ago I resolved never to bother with New Year's resolutions, and I've stuck with it ever since."
“多年前，我曾決定再也不下新年決心了，這個決定我一直堅持到現在。”
Baseball star DAVE BEARD, seen here celebrating during a game for Oakland Athletics against Kansas City in 1981
奧克蘭運動家隊的棒球明星，查爾斯·大衛·比爾德1981年與堪薩斯州隊的比賽時的祝詞。
