They were not ready for self-government. So,there was nothing for us to do but to take them all.

VOA: special.2010.07.22

For nothing can be sole or whole that has not been rent.

要明白凡事若要完美,都必须先撕破。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

A woman can be proud and stiff When on love intent; But Love has pitched his mansion in ; The place of excrement; For nothing can be sole or whole That has not been rent."

坟或床都无能为力,“当女人专注爱情之时;,她总会高傲自得,但爱情却把它的居所;,设在排泄之处,要明白凡事若要完美，都必须先撕破“

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

She says she fears the water is not fit for drinking, but there is nothing else to drink.

VOA: standard.2009.10.06

If harmony really is invisible, and harmony really can be destroyed, that invisible things can be destroyed, even the soul is nothing like you know, that's not a good analogy for thinking of the physicalist position, have you? So what?

如果和声真的无形，而和声真的可以毁灭，那么无形的东西可以毁灭，即使灵魂不同于和声,如果从物理学家的观点来看,这不是个好的类比，那又如何？

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

He responded to a complaint about cuts in jobs and salaries for California teachers by urging people not to expect "something for nothing" from their government."

VOA: standard.2009.03.20

Among the things Socrates says he cares deeply about is his calling, as he puts it, to do nothing but persuade you both younger and older not to care for your bodies and money but how your soul will be in the best possible condition.

苏格拉底的言论中,最让他关心的是他的呼唤，他一心只想说服你们,无论老幼都不要在乎,肉身及金钱,而要关注你的灵魂,是否处于最佳状态。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

But doing nothing is not only the worse thing we can do for the economy and the worst thing we can do for health care, it is the worst thing we can do for the Democrats and don't you think the Republicans do not know it,"

VOA: standard.2009.09.02