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“One of the saddest lines in the world is, ‘Oh come on now – be realistic.’ The best parts of this world were not fashioned by those who were realistic. They were fashioned by those who dared to look hard at their wishes and gave them horses to ride.”
— Richard Nelson Bolles, Writer
「世上最喪志的一句話是『別鬧了，實際點』。這世界最美好的事物不是由實際的人所創造，而是那些敢直視他們願望、並助其快速實現的人。」– 理察‧尼爾森‧鮑利斯 (作家)
- line (n.) 言詞，話語。例：That is my favorite line from Shakespeare. (我最喜歡莎士比亞的那句話。) fashion (v.) 用雙手或一點工具做成。例：She is able to fashion an artwork from different types of materials. (她能利用不同的材料做出藝術品。)
- 理察‧尼爾森‧鮑利斯 (1927- ) 是美國求職暢銷書《你的降落傘是什麼顏色？》(What Color is Your Parachute?) 的作者，該本書被譯為 22 種語言，全球銷量超過 1 千萬冊。鮑利斯認為一個人擅長的與他感興趣的通常是同一個領域。