As I quip in Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids, "No one asks to be born, but almost everyone would if he could."

正如我在《儿女满堂的自私原因》中笑谈：“没有人要求降生，但如果可以要求的话，几乎所有人都希望这样。”

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For example, I can think of Einstein's famous "God does not play dice" quip in response to his disbelief of Max Born's work on quantum theory in 1926.

例如，我能想起爱因斯坦有名的那句“上帝是不玩骰子的”，这是他在1962年回应他不信马克思·波恩的 理论时所说的一句谑语。

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Ronald Reagan, who learned to glide through public life on a carpet of soft humor, had this famous quip to his wife after being shot: "Honey, I forgot to duck."

罗纳德·里根(Ronald Reagan)学会了用柔和的幽默应对公共生活。他最著名的妙语是遭枪击后对妻子说的话：“亲爱的，我忘躲了。”

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As we were being sound-checked, I made a quip about the missing millionaire pilot Steve Fossett.

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"What I said was a light-hearted quip after Yakubu had scored a memorable hat-trick against Bergen, " he said.

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