1.There are twokinds of pain.The sort of pain that makes you strong...or useless pain...The sort of pain that's onlysuffering.I have no patience for useless things.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。我对没有价值的东西没有耐心，这种时刻，需要有人采取行动...或做一些不好的事...也是必要的事。好了，痛苦结束了。(主人公Frank看到一只被车撞过后躺在地上奄奄一息的狗，他走上前结束了它的痛苦)
2.Give and take.Welcome to Washington.付出与索取，这就是华盛顿。(社会很现实，官场更现实)
3.F：Well, I'm sorry, Claire. I am sorry. C：No, that I won't accept. F：What? C：Apologies. My husband doesn't apologizes.Even to me. F：我很抱歉，克莱尔，很抱歉。C：不，我不接受。F：什么?C：道歉。我不接受道歉，我丈夫不道歉，即便对我。(Frank被新总统忽悠了，原本答应的国务卿给了别人，F也突然迷茫了。但是他有个与他绝配的妻子，同样野心勃勃。)Frank对妻子的评价：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。
4.A person's character isn't determined by how he or she enjoys vitory but rather howhe or she endures defeat.Nothing can help us endure dark times better than our faith.一个人的character(这个词意思好多，意会，意会)不取决于他如何享受胜利，而在于这个人如何忍受失败。没有什么比信念更能支撑我们度过艰难时光了。
5.Forward! That is the battle cry.Leave ideologies for the Armchair General,does me no good.勇往直前这是我的作战口号，纸上谈兵那一套于我无益。
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6.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。
7.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 after ten 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。
8.What a martyr craves more than anything a sword to fall on,so you sharpen the blade,hold it at just the right angle,and then 3, 2, 1--烈士最渴求的就是壮烈牺牲，所以 你磨好兵刃，调整好角度，默数三 二 一.......(Frank利用了忠恳的人。。好狠。。。)
9.Everything gets just a little bit thicker this far south.The air, the blood, even me.这么靠南的地方 一切都更加浓郁，空气 血液 甚至我自己。(不知道放假回家的我会不会也是这种感觉。)
10.Oh, and if you do decide to take the coward's way out,cut along the tracks, not across them.That's a rookie mistake.如果你真决定以懦弱的方式解脱，沿血管割，不要横着割，这是低级错误。
11.The most important count I do has nothing to do with work.It's the number of days since April 4, 1999.As of this morning,that's 5,185.The bigger that number gets, the more it frightens me,because I know all it takes is one drink to go back to zero.Most people see fear as a weakness. It can be.Sometimes for my job, I have to put fear in other people.I know that's not right.But if I'm honest, like the fourth step asks us to be,I have to be ruthless, because failure is not an option. The same goes for my sobriety.I have to be ruthless with myself.I have to use my fear.It makes me stronger .Like everyone in this room, I can't control who I am.But I can control the zero.Fuck the zero.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。我要对自己残忍，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。(这一段很长但很精彩，是Frank的助手Doug在戒酒互诫会上的自白感觉挺激励人的)
12.I must not lose my resolve.I will march forward,even if I have to do so...alone.我不能失去决心，我会继续向前，即便我必须独自前行。
13.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。(Frank也有力不从心的时候)
14.Speculation is a poor form of investment and an equally poor form of politics.推测可不是一种好的投资方式，同样也不是一种好的政治手段。
15.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。
16.Friends make the worst enemies.反目的朋友才是你最可怕的敌人。
17.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。
18.You know what Francis said to me when he proposed?I remember his exact words.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."你知道弗兰西斯向我求婚时说什么吗?他说的每个字我都记得。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。