- ★(468) フライドポテトは、私にとって神聖なものとなる・・The french fry would become almost sacrosanct for me, its preparation a ritual to be followed religiously.
- ★(467) IPOする目的は自分たち自身お金を得るためだ・・The reason for going public, in addition to raising capital for the company was to give us some funds ourselves.
- ★(466) 目隠しが取れたかのように・・It turned Californians into our parking lots as though blindfolds had been removed from their eyes.
- ★(465) これを最後に、はっきりさせよう・・But let's get this straight, once and for all. I want nothing from you but a good product.
- ★(464) 価格を言ってくれと頼んだ・・I asked him to name their price.
- ★(463) この国を偉大にした要因は、自由な起業システムである・・The thing that has made this country great is our free enterprise system.
- ★(462) レジ内に貯まるカネだけを収益を見なすようでは考え方が狭い・・He has a narrow vision that allows him to see income only in terms of cash in his resister.
- ★(461) わずか1ページだけ目を通して彼は立ち上がった・・After glancing over the single page, he stood up, and I knew the interview was over.
- ★(460) 逆境がいかに人を鍛えるか・・how adversity can strength you if you have the will to grind it out.
- ★(459) グランドデザイン方式では考えない・・I don't think in that "grand design" pattern.
- ★(458) 服装はその人間の考え方を表す・・the hat and the shoes were merely symptoms of his sloppy way of thinking.
- ★(457) フランチャイズ・リアルティ社は、投資としてカネを正しく使うことの最高の事例だった・・Franchise Realty was a supreme example of a guy putting his money where his mouth is.
- ★(456) ファミリー・イメージを損なわせるな・・This would downgrade the family image we wanted to create for McDonald's.
- ★(455) 他社のフランチャイズが陥りがちな信頼関係の問題を遠ざけた・・Avoid the anti-trust problems some other franchise operations got into.
- ★(454) 誓って、そんな気持ちは浮かんでこなかった・・Truthfully, the idea never crossed my mind.
- ★(453) 彼らは疲れ切ったのだと思う・・ I think I'd worn them out.
- ★(452) ・・After work we would get together and talk shop, batting around ideas about how to sell more paper cups.
- ★(451) セールスマンとしての外見の重要性を強調した・・I stressed the importance of making a good appearance, wearing a nicely pressed suit, well-polished shoes, hair combed, and nails cleaned.
- ★(450) 私は会社のためにカネを稼ぐ側だ、荷物になっている連中といっしょにされるのは耐え難い！・・I'm part of the creative. I bring in the money, and I'm not gonna put myself in the same category with them!
- ★(449) きっぱりと寄付をお断りするところは大学・・One thing I flatly refuse to give money to is the support of any college.
- ★(448) 弁舌の上手さも現実との接点が維持されていて意味がある・・Rhetoric is fine as long as it maintains some contact with reality.
- ★(447) ベッドに縛り付けられるくらいなら死んだほうがマシ・・I'd rather be dead than forced to stay in bed.
- ★(446) 人生を楽しむ段階にきた、これからそうするつもりだ・・We are in a position to enjoy life now, and that's just what we intend to do.
- ★(445) 前途洋々という確信に満ちていた・・But I was convinced that the best was ahead of me.
- ★(444) 料理の各工程が極限まで簡略化され最低限の労力で実施されるシステムに魅惑された・・I was fascinated by the simplicity and effectiveness of the system they described that night. Each step in producing the limited menu was stripped down to its essence and accomplished with a minimum of effort.
- ★(443) 完全試合をやり遂げようとしているピッチャーのような気分だ・・I could feel myself getting wound up like a pitcher with a no-hitter going. This had to be the most amazing merchandising operation that I had ever seen.
- ★(442) その日ハンバーガーを食べたかどうか記憶がない・・I don't remember whether I ate a hamburger for lunch that day or not.
- ★(441) ・・The fact that this was taking place in San Bernardino, which was a quiet town in those days, practically in the desert, made it all the more amazing.
- ★(440) 未熟なら成長の余地がある、熟したら腐るしかない・・I have a saying that goes, "As long as you're green, you're growing. As soon as you're ripe, you start to rot."
- 名言は一つ一つ時間をかけて学ぶ
- 名言はみんなの財産
- ★(437) キミの作品はよくできているしオリジナルだが・・Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good.
- ★(436) 井戸が干上がるまで水の大切さはわからないさ・・You never miss the water until the well runs dry.
- ★(435) 生き残ると約束してくれ、どんなことがあっても・・You must promise me that you'll survive. That you won't give up no matter what happens, no matter how hopeless. And never let go of that promise.
- ★(434) 他人の失敗を学ぶべきだ、自分ですべて失敗している時間がない・・You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can't possibly live long enough to make them all yourself.
- ★(433) 失敗したら失望するだろうが、やらなければすべて台無し・・You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.
- ★(432) 子供の頃はそれを知っていたが、成長の課程でどこかで忘れる・・You know that when you are a kid, but somewhere along the way everyone forgets it.
- ★(431) それを手に入れるようという勇気があるものを手に入れる・・You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.
- ★(430) 想像力を使い果たすことはない・・You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.
- ★(429) 顧客に何がほしいか聞けるものではない・・You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new.
- ★(428) 引っ越ししても人は変わらない・・You can't get away from yourself by moving from one place to another.
- ★(427) 悪事をなす力がなければ、善をなす力も持てない・・You cannot have power for good without having power for evil too.
- ★(426) 敵を選ぶときは慎重になりすぎることはない・・You cannot be too careful in the choice of your enemies.
- ★(425) 表紙で本は判断できないだろう・・You can’t judge a book by its cover.
- ★(424) 年を取ることは避けがたいが、老人になる必要はない・・You can’t help getting older, but you don’t have to get old.
- ★(423) 馬も川辺まで連れて行けても飲ませることはできない・・You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink.
- ★(422) 新しい目標を持つ、夢を持つことにねんれいは関係ない・・You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.
- ★(421) パブリシティなしに人々のサポートは得られない・・Without publicity there can be no public support, and without public support every nation must decay.
- ★(420) 急がず休まず・・Without haste, but without rest.
- ★(419) 大胆に行動する者は勝つ・・Who dares wins.
- ★(418) 成功したビジネスがあれば、そこにはかつて勇気ある決断が・・Wherever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision.
- ★(417) できるか？ともし聞かれたら、もちろん、と返事せよ・・Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, 'Certainly, I can!' Then get busy and find out how to do it.
- ★(416) 誰かに親切にしたら、その人々が誰か他の人に親切にする、そして、火の手のように・・When you are kind to someone in trouble, you hope they'll remember and be kind to someone else. And it'll become like a wildfire.
- ★(415) 自分たちが、より良くなろうと努力すれば、ふしぎと周囲のものもよくなるもの・・When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.
- ★(414) 二国間が核抑止力に訴えたら、結果は相互破壊である・・When two nations both resort to nuclear deterrence the consequence could be mutual destruction.
- ★(413) 状況が厳しさを増すと、タフガイの出番である・・When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
- ★(412) 一つのドアが閉められていても、それ以上のドアは開いているもんだよ・・When one door is closed, many more is open.
- ★(411) 年老いて死にかけた時、人生を振り返ってこう言おうと考えている・・When I'm old and dying, I plan to look back on my life and say ‘wow, that was an adventure,' not ‘wow, I sure felt safe.'.
- ★(410) 若い時、カネはすべてだと思った、高齢になった現在、やはり、そう思う・・When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is.
- ★(409) 誰か人生ってハードだとため息を付いたら、質問したくなる・・When I hear somebody sigh, Life is hard, I am always tempted to ask, ‘Compared to what?'.
- ★(408) 犬が人間に噛み付いてもニュースではないが、人が噛み付いたとなると・・When a dog bites a man that is not news, but when a man bites a dog that is news.
- ★(407) 何かに挑戦しようという発想がない人生って、どんなもんだう？・・What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?.
- ★(406) 現在普及している技術も、かつては空想でしかなかった・・What is now proved was once only imagined.
- ★(405) 過去のすべての文明を崩壊させた要因は・・What has destroyed every previous civilization has been the tendency to the unequal distribution of wealth and power.
- ★(404) 悪夢にうなされて目覚めると醒めてよかったと思う、死ぬときも・・We sometimes congratulate ourselves at the moment of waking from a troubled dream; it may be so the moment after death.
- ★(403) 我々は負けたのだ、勝たなかったのだから・・We lost because we didn’t win.
- ★(402) 我々は権力を偉大さと取り違えてこなかったか心配だ・・We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.
- ★(401) はじめ習慣を作るが、それが今度は我々を・・We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.
- ★(400) 自分たちは、何をできるかわかるまで、自分たちが何者か・・We don't know who we are until we see what we can do.
- ★(399) 森の中で道が別れており、私は人があまり通っていない方を選んだ・・Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.
- ★(398) その痛みを知恵に代えよ・・Turn your wounds into wisdom.
- ★(397) 真実は経験に照らしても耐えなければならない・・Truth is what stands the test of experience.
- ★(396) 仕事は人生の大きなウエイト、満足する仕事を見つけるには・・Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work.
- ★(395) 一部の人間を長期に、すべての人間を一時的に騙すことはできても・・You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.
- ★(394) コックさんが多すぎるとスープはダメになる・・Too many cooks spoil the broth.
- ★(393) お前にはオレは無神論者だろうが、神には・・To you, I’m an atheist. To God, I’m the loyal opposition.
- ★(392) 戦争の準備は平和を守るための最良の方法・・To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.
- ★(391) タダ飯なんて、世の中にはないよ・・There’s no such thing as a free lunch.
- ★(390) 墓の中で金持ちになっても・・Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we've done something wonderful, that's what matters to me.
- ★(389) 人に噂されることより最悪なことは、誰からも噂されないこと・・There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about and that is not being talked about.
- ★(388) 「今」以上によいタイミングはない・・There is no time like the present.
- ★(387) 他人や社会のせいにするのはよめろ・・But you can't blame other people or society in general. It all comes from your mind.
- ★(386) 「できない」なんてない、「やらない」だけ・・There is no such thing as can't, only won't.
- ★(385) トライして失敗した場合とトライ自体をしなかった場合とでは、比較のしようがない・・There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that lost by not trying.
- ★(384) すべてに秀でているという人はいないが、すべてに完全に無能という人もいない・・There is hardly anybody good for everything, and there is scarcely anybody who is absolutely good for nothing.
- ★(383) 世界には善と悪の二種類の人々がいる、善人はよく眠り・・There are two types of people in this world, good and bad. The good sleep better, but the bad seem to enjoy the waking hours much more.
- ★(382) 人生の生き方は、奇跡などないとするか、すべてが奇跡とするか・・There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.
- ★(381) 行く価値がある場所には近道などない・・There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
- ★(380) 世界はお花畑ではない、いかに激しく打ちのめされても前進し続けるかだ・・The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It is about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward, how much you can take and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done.
- ★(379) アイデアの価値とはその実行にある・・The value of an idea lies in the using of it.
- ★(378) 幸福になるための才能とは自分が持っているものに感謝と喜びを・・The talent for being happy is appreciating and liking what you have, instead of what you don't have.
- ★(377) 成功の秘訣は他人が知らないことを知ること・・The secret to success is to know something nobody else knows.
- ★(376) 変革のやり方は、ひたすら新体制の構築・・The secret of change is to focus all your energy not on fighting the old but on building the new.
- ★(375) 誇り高き人間も謙遜は学ぶことができるが、それを自慢に思う点が・・The proud man can learn humility, but he will be proud of it.
- ★(374) 悲観主義者はチャンスの中に苦難を見つけ、楽観主義者は苦難の中に・・The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
- ★(373) 経済予測の唯一の機能は、占星術さえ立派に感じさせてくれること・・The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable.
- ★(372) 人生のもっとも大胆な決断は、多くの場合、あまり考えずになされたもの・・The most decisive actions of life are most often unconsidered actions.
- ★(371) 学べば学ぶほど・・The more I learn the more I realize I don't know. The more I realize I don't know the more I want to learn.
- ★(370) 製品リリースでは、最後の10%は最初の90%と同じエネルギーを要する・・The last 10% it takes to launch something takes as much energy as the first 90%.
- ★(369) バカの心は口にあり、賢者の口は心にある・・The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.
- ★(368) 国家の進展は、その国の動物に扱われ方でわかる・・The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.
- ★(367) 偉大な作曲家は天の啓示を受けて作曲するわけでなく、作曲することで・・The great composer does not set to work because he is inspired, but becomes inspired because he is working.
- ★(366) 成功へのエレベーターは故障中です、階段を使いなさい・・The elevator to success is out of order. You'll have to use the stairs… one step at a time.
- ★(365) フィクションと現実の違い？ フィクションは道理が通る必要がある・・The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.
- ★(364) 太陽系や星雲が壊れてもキミは一回死ねばいいだけのこと・・The crash of the whole solar and stellar systems could only kill you once.
- ★(363) あなたを苦しめるライバルは敵ではない、本当の敵は・・The competitor to be feared is one who never bother about you at all, but goes on making his own business better all the time.
- ★(362) 人生最大の冒険は夢に向かって進むこと・・The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.
- ★(361) 明日の仕事の最良の準備は、今日最良の仕事をすること・・The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.
- ★(360) 成功を成し遂げた人がいることは、他の人もそれができるということ証拠・・That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.
- ★(359) 成功とは、大ざっぱにみれば、他人があきらめたことに執着すること・・Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.
- ★(358) 成功とは失敗から失敗へと情熱を失うことなく渡り歩く能力・・Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.
- ★(357) 木陰で休めるのは、はるか昔、誰かがそれを植えてくれたからだ・・Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.
- ★(356) それが起きることを夢見る人と実現する人・・Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.
- ★(355) 成功の夢を見ている人もいれば、毎朝起きてそれを実現する人もいる・・Some people dream of success, while other people get up every morning and make it happen.
- ★(354) 他人が信じてくれない限り、自分自身を信じられない人間はいるもの・・Some people can't believe in themselves until someone else believes in them first.
- ★(353) 孤独な木は、うまく成長できれば強い・・Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.
- ★(352) 失敗がときとして幸運となることも・・Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
- ★(351) その人がそう思わなければ、敗北ではない・・Remember no one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
- ★(350) 価値ある取引は金額では測れない、長期に渡り判明するのだ・・Quality deals are not measured in size, and only over the long term. Therefore, let us be aggressive in betting on people.
- ★(349) 偏見は時間を節約してくれるマシン・・Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts.
- ★(348) 権力とは究極の官能・・Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.
- ★(347) 愛国心とは些細な理由で殺し殺される意志・・Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.
- ★(346) 愛国心は悪人たちの良心・・Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.
- ★(345) 成長しない生徒ほど先生にとって不幸なことはない・・One repays a teacher badly if one always remains nothing but a pupil.
- ★(344) テレビに人生を捧げない理由は、この業界が水ものだから・・One of the reasons I have never permitted television to become my whole life is that it is a very here-today-gone-tomorrow business.
- ★(343) 人は復讐を夢見る・・One dreams of revenge.
- ★(342) 一度決心したら迷ったことはない・・Once I made a decision, I never thought about it again.
- ★(341) 障害がキミを止めてはならない、壁にぶち当たったら・・Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.
- ★(340) やらなければ始まらない・・Nothing will work unless you do.
- ★(339) 優しさほど強いものはない、力ほど優しいものはない・・Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength.
- ★(338) 小さなパーツに分ければ、どんな仕事も難しくはない・・Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.
- ★(337) なんでも経験するまではリアルではない・・Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced. Even a proverb is no proverb to you.
- ★(336) 我々全員に勝る者はいない・・None of us is as good as all of us.
- ★(335) どんなに聡明で、すぐれた戦略があっても、チームにはかなわない・・No matter how brilliant your mind or strategy, if you're playing a solo game, you'll always lose out to a team.
- ★(334) 今日できることを明日まで延ばすな・・Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.
- ★(333) 首をうなだれるな、高く上げよ、そして、まっすぐ見つめるのだ・・Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.
- ★(332) カネは第六感のようなもの・・Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of the other five.
- ★(331) 人と国家はすべてのリソースを使い切ると賢く振る舞うものだ・・Men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all the other alternatives.
- ★(330) 幸運は汗からもらえる配給だ・・Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get.
- ★(329) 今生きている人生を愛し、愛している生き方を生きよう・・Love the life you live. Live the life you love.
- ★(328) 人生は今始まったばかりだという気持ちで生きよ・・Live each day as if your life had just begun.
- ★(327) 人生は早く過ぎさる、だからときどき止まって見回してみないと・・Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
- ★(326) 人生とは解決すべき問題ではなく、体験すべき現実・・Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.
- ★(325) 人生はタマネギのようだ・・Life is like an onion. You peel off layer after layer and then you find there is nothing in it.
- ★(324) 人生がなんたるかを悟る頃には、人生半分過ぎている・・Life is half spent before we know what it is.
- ★(323) 人生はクローズアップで見れば悲劇だが、ロングショットで見れば喜劇・・Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.
- ★(322) 自由とは、いったん根を張りだしたら、成長が早い・・Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
- ★(321) 世界を動かしたいなら、まずは自分を動かせ・・Let him who would move the world, first move himself.
- ★(320) 「No」を言えることを学べ・・Learn to say no.
- ★(319) バカみたいにシンプルにせよ・・Keep it simple stupid.
- ★(318) とにかく自分を信じろ、生き方が自ずとわかる・・Just trust yourself, then you will know how to live.
- ★(317) 一回失敗したからって、すべて失敗するわけでない・・Just because you fail once doesn't mean you're gonna fail at everything.
- ★(316) 返答よりも、その人が発する質問で判断せよ・・Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.
- ★(315) それは困難なことだろうが、そこに価値がある・・It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard is what makes it great.
- ★(314) アイデアはどうでもよい、それを実現させることが重要・・It's not about ideas. It's about making ideas happen.
- ★(313) ロゴや社名に頼ることなく価値があることをやる方が実質的に有効・・It's more effective to do something valuable than to hope a logo or name will say it for you.
- ★(312) あきらめない人間を負かすことは骨が折れる・・It's hard to beat a person who never gives up.
- ★(311) 死を自覚するようになって、はじめて人生の価値がわかる・・It’s when you really start to fear death that you learn to appreciate life.
- ★(310) 人々は何が欲しいのかわかっていないものだ・・It’s really hard to design products by focus groups. A lot of times, people don’t know what they want until you show it to them.
- ★(309) 真に重要なことに集中するには「NO」と言うだけの話・・It’s only by saying no that you can concentrate on the things that are really important.
- ★(308) 100年も経てば、すべて同じ・・It will all be the same a hundred years hence.
- ★(307) 世界は善良とそうでない人々に別れてたようだ・・It seemed the world was divided into good and bad people. The good ones slept better... while the bad ones seemed to enjoy the waking hours much more.
- ★(306) 自分が幸福というだけでは足りない、他人が不幸でなければ・・It is not enough to be happy, it is also necessary that others not be.
- ★(305) 死や困難が恐ろしいわけでない、それに対する恐怖心が怖い・・It is not death or hardship that is dreadful, but the fear of death and hardship.
- ★(304) 他人の不幸は簡単に耐えられるもの・・It is easy to bear the misfortune of others.
- ★(303) 人まねで成功するより、自身のオリジナリティで失敗したほうがマシ・・It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.
- ★(302) 人生では誰に対しても何も証明する必要はない、自分を除いて・・In this lifetime, you don't have to prove nothing to nobody, except yourself.
- ★(301) この仕事では熟練までに時間がかかる、そして・・In this business it takes time to be really good - and by that time, you're obsolete.
- ★(300) 成功へのレースではスピードよりスタミナ・・In the race for success, speed is less important than stamina.
- ★(299) 仕事のこととなると死んでもよいくらい自信がある・・I'm really very self-confident when it comes to my work. When I take on a project, I believe in it 100%. I really put my soul into it. I'd die for it.
- ★(298) 能力があるなら、あとは燃えるような情熱・・If you're qualified, all it takes is a burning desire to accomplish, to make a change.
- ★(297) ときどき失敗しないなら、革新的なことは何もやっていない・・If you’re not failing every now and again, it’s a sign you’re not doing anything very innovative.
- ★(296) 正しくやりたいと思えば、自分でやるしかない・・If you want something done right, you have to do it yourself.
- ★(295) 教えれば何も学ばない・・If you teach a man anything, he will never learn.
- ★(294) 製品を顧客の手に押し込めば、製品自体がしゃべりだす・・If you put the product into the customer's hands, it will speak for itself if it's something of quality.
- ★(293) もし何か好きなものがあれば手放しみろ、戻ってくるはずだ、でなければ・・If you love something, let it go. If it comes back, it's yours. If it doesn't, it never really was in the first place.
- ★(292) 人から好かれようすれば、妥協を繰り返すことになる・・If you just set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time and you would achieve nothing.
- ★(291) できると思えばできるし、できないと思えばできない・・If you believe you can do something, you can. If you don't think you can do it, you can't. Either way, you're right. Your thoughts create your reality.
- ★(290) もし初回バージョンに困惑しないようなら・・If you are not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you've launched too late.
- ★(289) 好かれていれば話を聞いてもらえるが、信頼されるなら・・If people like you, they'll listen to you, but if they trust you, they'll do business with you.
- ★(288) 神様は、わかりやすい合図をだしてくれたならなと思う・・If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name at a Swiss bank.
- ★(287) 壊れていなければ修理するな・・If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
- ★(286) もし一日休めば自分がわかる、2日安めば評論家たちもわかる・・If I miss one day's practice, I notice it. If I miss two days, the critics notice it. If I miss three days, the audience notices it.
- ★(285) もし顧客に欲しい物を聞いたら「速い馬」と答えただろう・・If I had asked my customers what they wanted they would have said a faster horse.
- ★(284) 世間の認識が「半分いっぱい」から「半分カラ」に変化したとき・・If general perception changes from seeing the glass as “half full” to seeing it as “half empty”, there are major innovative opportunities.
- ★(283) 他人よりすぐれたことができれば、世界は必ずその人を訪ねる・・If a man can write a better book, preach a better sermon, or make a better mousetrap than his neighbor, though he builds his house in the woods, the world will make a beaten path to his door.
- ★(282) アイデアは消耗品だが、その実行は違う・・Ideas are commodity. Execution of them is not.
- ★(281) アイデアなんて二束三文でしかない・・Ideas are a dime a dozen. People who implement them are priceless.
- ★(280) 一年で数億ドルを溶かした唯一の人間・・I’m the only person I know that’s lost a quarter of a billion dollars in one year… It’s very character-building.
- ★(279) 彼が拒絶できないオファーをするつもり・・I’m going to make him an offer he can’t refuse.
- ★(278) 速読コースを取って『戦争と平和』を読んだ・・I took a speed-reading course and read ‘War and Peace’ in twenty minutes. It involves Russia.
- ★(277) これが最後・・I just wanted to say, these will be my final show performances in London. When I say this is it, it really means this is it. I'll be performing the songs my fans want to hear. This is it, this is really it, this is the final curtain call.
- ★(276) クレジットカードの紛失を警察に届けたことはない・・I haven't reported my missing credit card to the police because whoever stole it is spending less than my wife.
- ★(275) 売らない日など一日もない、信じるものがあるとすれば、売ること・・I have never worked a day in my life without selling. If I believe in something, I sell it, and I sell it hard.
- ★(274) 言い訳が得意なヤツは、それしかできない・・I have generally found that a man who is good at excuses is usually good at nothing else.
- ★(273) 気分なんか待ってられない・・I don't wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down to work.
- ★(272) すべての人を喜ばせようとすることが失敗の鍵・・I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.
- ★(271) 軽い荷は望まない、強い背中がほしい・・I do not pray for a lighter load, but for a stronger back.
- ★(270) 望んだからここまで来られたわけでない、努力したのだ・・I didn't get there by wishing for it or hoping for it, but by working for it.
- ★(269) すべての失敗が前進の1ステップ・・I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.
- ★(268) 君の失敗に関心はないが、起き上がることには関心がある・・I am not concerned that you have fallen. I am concerned that you arise.
- ★(267) 私は幸運を信じる人間・・I am a great believer in luck and the harder I work the more I have of it.
- ★(266) 人生はリハーサルなしの演劇だ・・Hope for the best. Expect the worst. Life is a play. We're un-rehearsed.
- ★(265) 歴史とは巨大な早期警戒システム・・History is a vast early warning system.
- ★(264) 君を怒らせる人間が君を支配する・・He who angers you conquers you.
- ★(263) 女房と財布を見せびらかす人間は・・He that displays too often his wife and his wallet is in danger of having both of them borrowed.
- ★(262) すべてを教える人は生徒をダメにする・・He teaches ill who teaches all.
- ★(261) 偉大な人々はやれることをやるが、他の人はできないことをやる・・Great people just do what they can make themselves while others do nothing but what they can never make.
- ★(260) 偉大さは生まれつきでなく育てるものだ・・Great men are not born great, they grow great.
- ★(259) ゴシップとウソは手と手を取り合って来る・・Gossip and lying go hand in hand.
- ★(258) 神は自ら助ける者を助く・・God helps them that help themselves.
- ★(257) 運命は大胆な人間を愛する・・Fortune favors the bold.
- ★(256) 親密さは軽蔑を生む・・Familiarity breeds contempt.
- ★(255) 本当のリーダーシップとはスピーチしたり人にすかれることではない・・Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.
- ★(254) すべての卵を一つにカゴに入れるな・・Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.
- ★(253) やるか、やらないか、試してみるはナシだ・・Do, or do not. There is no “try”.
- ★(252) 思慮深さは勇気の大きな部分・・Discretion is the greater part of valor.
- ★(251) 自信とは問題を理解する前からすでにある・・Confidence is what you have before you understand the problem.
- ★(250) 自信は伝染する・・Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.
- ★(249) 物貰いは選べない・・Beggars can’t be choosers.
- ★(248) 船は港にいれば安全だが、そのためのものでない・・A ship in the harbor is safe, but that is not what a ship is for.
- ★(247) 1円を節約すれば1円稼ぐことになる・・A penny saved is a penny earned.
- ★(246) 鎖の強さは一番弱い玊できまる・・A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
- ★(245) 静かにビッグなれ・・Get big quietly, so you don't tip off potential competitors.
- ★(244) 名を忘れ顔を忘れ、最後は・・First you forget names, then you forget faces. Next you forget to pull your zipper up and finally, you forget to pull it down.
- ★(243) それが自分であるための唯一の方法・・Find a truly original idea. It is the only way I will ever distinguish myself.
- ★(242) 七転八起・・Fall seven times, stand up eight.
- ★(241) 人は成功の話ばかりするが、失敗が重要なのだ・・Failure is so important. We speak about success all the time. It is the ability to resist failure or use failure that often leads to greater success.
- ★(240) 失敗は避けがたい・・Failure is inevitable. Success is elusive.
- ★(239) ダメ組織は、管理されずぎでリードなさすぎ・・Failing organizations are usually over-managed and under-led.
- ★(238) 経験はタダというわけにいかない・・Experience is the one thing you can't get for nothing.
- ★(237) 人は死ぬが、そもそも生きているかが問題・・Every man dies, but not every man really lives.
- ★(236) 英雄といえども・・Every hero becomes a bore at last.
- ★(235) 前進しない日はムダに終わった日・・Every day that we spent not improving our products was a wasted day.
- ★(234) もっとうまく転べ・・Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.
- ★(233) 正しい道にいてもひかれるよ・・Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
- ★(232) 明日世界が終わろうとも・・Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.
- ★(231) すべてを征服するものとは・・Energy and persistence conquer all things.
- ★(230) 書くに値することをやれ・・Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.
- ★(229) 教育はカネがかかるが、無知も高く付く・・Education costs money. But then so does ignorance.
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