i do not want to assume,i want to know. 

Friends make the worst enemies. 

反目的朋友才是你最可怕的敌人。

There is but one rule: Hunt or be hunted. 

只有一条规矩，成为狩猎者，或者成为猎物。

There is no solace above or below.Only us... Small, solitary,battling one another.I pray to myself, for myself. 

天堂地狱都没法给你慰藉，只有我们自己，渺小，孤独，奋斗，与彼此抗争，我向自己祈祷，为自己祈祷。

Nothing can help us endure dark times better than our faith. 

没什么比信仰更能支撑我们度过艰难时光了。

Treading water's the same as drowning for people like you and me. 

勉强生存，与死无异

So be it. 

顺其自然。

The nature of promises is that they remain immune to changing circumstances. 

所谓承诺，就是无论环境如何变化也不受影响。

Sometimes the only way to gain your superior's respect is to defy him. 

有些时候，想要赢得上司的尊重，就只能违抗他。

I love that woman. I love her more than sharks love blood. 

我爱那个女人，胜过鲨鱼爱鲜血。

What is faith? If it doesn't endure when we are tested the most? 

信仰是什么？不就是在考验最严峻时依旧能坚持到底吗？

Decisions based on emotion aren’t decisions at all .They are instincts.

凭感情做的决定不叫决定，叫直觉。 

我不要假设，我要最终答案。

I do not want to assume,I want to know. 

Politics requires sacrifice. The sacrifice of others, of course. 

政治需要牺牲。当然，是别人的牺牲。

There are two kinds of pain.The sort of pain that makes you strong or useless pain...The sort of pain that's only suffering. 

痛苦分两种，一种让你变得更强，另一种毫无价值，只是徒添折磨。

A person's character isn't determined by how he or she enjoys victory, but rather how he or she endures defeat. 

一个人的品行不取决于这人如何享受胜利，而在于他如何忍受失败。

Such a waste of talent.He chose money over power.In this town, a mistake nearly everyone makes.Money is the McMansion in Sarasota that starts falling apart afterten years.Power is the old stone building that stands for centuries. 

真是浪费啊，为了钱而放弃权利，这个城市里 几乎人人都犯了这个错。金钱是萨拉索塔的巨无霸豪宅，保质期就只有十年，权力是古老的石砌建筑，能屹立数百年。

Once someone is exposed.They're at your mercy. 

一个人的目的一旦暴露，他们就得听你发落。

Grief demands an answer, but sometimes there isn't one. 

悲伤让人想要答案，但有时真的就没有。

Power's a lot like real estate.It's all about location,location, location.The closer you are to the source,the higher your property value. 

权力正如地产，位置是重中之重，你离中心越近，你的财产就越值钱。

The rational and the irrational complement each other. Individually, they are far less powerful. 

理性和非理性是互补的。两者分开的话，力量就会小很多。

What are we supposed to do in the face of so much senseless pain And he said to me,“What else can we do but take what seems meaningless and try to make something meaningful from it” 

在这些无意义痛苦面前，我们该怎么做？ 他告诉我：“除了从无意义的事中，尽力挖掘出 一些有意义的东西，我们还能做什么呢？”

There are two kinds of pain.The sort of pain that makes you strong...or useless pain.The sort of pain that's only suffering.I have no patience for useless things. Moments like this require someone who will act...or do the unpleasant thing,or the necessary thing.There...No more pain.

痛苦分两种，一种让你变得更强，另一种毫无价值，只徒添折磨。

Take a step back,look at the bigger picture. That's how you devour a whale,Doug,one bite at a time. 

退后一步,统观全局,吞噬鲸鱼就要这,一次一口,才能把整只鲸鱼吞下.

Give and take.Welcome to Washington. 

付出与索取，这就是华盛顿。

一个人要拼搏奋斗，动力绝不来自于敬重，而是恐惧。恐惧于一无所有间诞生泱泱帝国，于乱世狼烟中催生惶惶革命。恐惧是伟人成功的秘诀。如果别人害怕你会将其毁于一旦，彻底打倒，那自然会对你毕恭毕敬，俯首帖耳。最原始的恐惧令人陶醉其中，势不可挡，冲击力过人。恐惧之力，永比尊敬更甚。

You are never to dictate what I can and cannot do. The only two words I want to hear from you when I ask you to do something are "Yes" and "Sir." 

我能做什么不能做什么,你管不着。我吩咐你做事的时候，只想听到两个词，"是的"和"先生"。

Everything in life is about sex ,except sex. Sex is about power . 

生活的一切事物都与性有关，除了性本身。性与权利有关。

Proximity to power deludes some into believing they wield it. I put an end to that sort of thinking before it begins. 

接近权力让一些人错以为他们拥有权力。我要把这种错觉扼杀在萌芽中。

After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. 

登上高峰后，你会发现还有更多的山峰要翻越。 

A man is not old until his regrets take place of his dreams. 

只有当遗憾取代了梦想，人才算老。 

He said, "Claire, if all you want is happiness, Say no. I'm not gonna give you a couple of kids and count the days until retirement. I promise you freedom from that. I promise you'll never be bored." 

他说 克莱尔如果你只想要幸福，那就拒绝吧，我不会跟你生一堆孩子，然后数着日子退休，我保证你免受这些痛苦，也永远不会无聊。

Sometimes you have to sacrifice the one for the many. 

有时候必须为大我牺牲小我。

Of course we should enjoy our success and be grateful for it. But never let your gratitude sour into pride. 

我们当然应该享受成功并心怀感激，但千万不要让感激变为骄傲。

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Truth lies in the hands of its editor. 

情人眼里出西施。编辑手里出真相。

help me, help you. 

与我方便，与你方便。

But you wanna know what takes real courage. Keeping your mouth shut ,no matter what you might be feeling. Holding it all together when the stakes are this high.

但你知道什么才叫做真正的勇敢吗。无论内心有何感受，都能管住嘴巴。形势如此严峻，仍能不乱阵脚。

对我最重要的数字跟工作无关，而是从1999年4月4日至今的天数，截止今早 一共有5185天。数字越大我越感到害怕，因为我知道一杯酒就能让数字清零。很多人认为恐惧是弱点，有时是的，有时由于工作的关系我要让他人生惧，我知道那样不对，但如果按第四步说的那样 实话实说，我必须残忍 因为我不能失败，戒酒也是如此。要对自己残忍，我得利用恐惧，它让我变得坚强，就像在座各位 我无法改变本性，但我能掌控那个零，让那个零去死吧。

It’s not respect but fear that motivates a man; that’s how empires are built and revolutions begin. 

激励一个人的不是他对别人的钦佩而是恐惧。在这种恐惧的激励下，帝国诞生了，革命爆发了。

 

Any pugilist worth his sale knows when someone’s on the ropes that’s when you throw a combination to the gut and a left hook to the jew.

任何职业拳手都知道，一旦把对手压迫在栏索上时，就要用组合拳攻击他的腹部，然后一记左勾拳痛击下颚。

No writer worth his salt can resist a good story, just as no politician can resist making promises he can't keep.

有水平的作家都不会拒绝好故事，就像政客总忍不住乱许诺言一样。

Don't play dumb with me. 

别跟我装傻.

忠诚具有速溶咖啡之特点：廉价和最终令人失望。

你只想着现状，却没想到未来。

It only takes ten seconds to crush a man's ambitions. 

I need to take care that I protect mine. 

十秒钟就足以摧毁一个人的雄心 

我得小心保护自己的那颗 

天堂地狱都没法给你慰藉，只有我们自己，渺小、孤独、奋斗，与彼此抗争。

“永远被亲朋敬重和怀念”，这也是司空见惯的俗套碑文。千万别刻在我的墓碑上。一个人要拼搏奋斗，动力绝不来自于敬重，而是恐惧。恐惧于一无所有间诞生泱泱帝国，于乱世狼烟中催生惶惶革命。恐惧是伟人成功的秘诀。如果别人害怕你会将其毁于一旦，彻底打倒，那自然会对你毕恭毕敬，俯首帖耳。最原始的恐惧令人陶醉其中，势不可挡，冲击力过人。恐惧之力，永比尊敬更甚。

 

Vigilance. It’s good for the soul.

保持警醒。对灵魂有好处。

世界上没有永恒不变的事物。欢笑不长久，欲望不长久，生命本身，也总会走到尽头。

She can go after me all she wants, but she goes after Claire, I'll slit her fucking throat in broad daylight.

她怎么冲我来都可以，可她敢找克莱尔的麻烦，我就在光天化日之下割了她喉咙。

我讨厌不知情 焦急等待 胡乱猜测 无能为力

If you want to be happy,be.

You fuck me,I fuck back.

I know all about hate.It starts in your gut,deep down here,where it stirs and churns,and then it rises.Hate rises fast and volcanic.It erupts hot on the breath.Your eyes go wide with fire.You clench your teeth so hard.You think they'll shatter.

While God may not give us any answers,he has given us the capacity for love.

 

After all, we are nothing more or less that what we choose to reveal.

毕竟，我们多少只是我们选择表现出来的样子。

我们会面对人性中最可怕的一面，我们会面对人性的丧失，乃至邪恶本身。但我们一定会取得胜利。这场战争我们不会输。

政治远比爱情诚实。因为在政治中，你总是期待着背叛。

We should enjoy our success and be grateful for it.But never let your gratitude sour into pride...And a person's character isn't determined by how he or she enjoys victory,but rather how he or she endures defeat.Nothing can help us endure dark times better than our faith.

Hunt or to be hunted

The road to power is paved with hypocrisy and casualties. 

通往权力之路，由伪善和亡兵铺就。

你们想要我这样的人守门，因为你们知道我会不惜一切，你们都喜欢这样，参与其中并从中获利。别否认，你喜欢的，你并不需要我坚持什么，你只希望我站出来，希望我强势，希望我采取行动。天呐，你好喜欢行动跟口号，不管我的是什么，我做了什么，只要我有所作为，你就乐意跟着走。老实说，我不怪你，你生活中有那么多愚蠢跟犹豫，为什么不要个我这样的人？我不道歉，最终，我不在意你是爱我还是恨我，只要我赢就行。 

牌是洗好的，规则是被操纵的。欢迎来到理智时代的终结，已经没有是非了，只有入局和出局。

 

We live by on rule, and one rule only never again will we allow ourselves to be put in such a position.

今后我们只有一条准则，绝不再陷入如此境地。

Doesn’t matter what side you’re on. Everybody’s gotta eat.

不论你站在哪一边。大家都得吃东西。 

几个世纪以后 人们再看这段录像 他们会看到 在屏幕最小角微笑的那人是谁 !

 

Money is the McMansion in Sarasota that starts falling apart after ten years. Power is the old stone building that stands for centuries.

金钱是萨拉索塔的巨无霸豪宅，保质期就只有十年。权力是古老的石砌建筑，能屹立数百年。

Nobody is a boy scout, not even boy scouts.

没人是真正清白的，童子军也不例外。 

Powers a lot like real estate.Its all about location, location, location.The closer you are to the source,the higher your property value. 

权力就像房地产,位置是所有的一切,你离中心越近,你的财产就越值钱。

真正的领导力 

不是逃避与你意见相左的人 

而是要接纳他们

滚滚政坛如战场一般，三支军队破坏力最强:妥协退让，一致意见和男欢女爱。