Computer programming is an art, because it applies accumulated knowledge to the world, because it requires skill and ingenuity, and especially because it produces objects of beauty.

译文：做任何事不要都委托给他人，必须要身体力行，只有这样才能获得成功。做任何事不要固执己见，必须要多听从各种意见，才能避免后面出现的艰难。赏析：不管别人说事情是困难还是容易，自己不去亲身实践，永远都无法得出公正客观的结论。别人的经验不一定可靠，遇事要动脑思考，自己去尝试才行。做事前多听别人好的建议，对我们的行为肯定是有帮助的，只是我们不要盲从，要理性分析判断。

It is not necessary to take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive.

我不认为自己是一个碰巧是黑人的作家。我认为自己是一个黑人作家。

The ocean is not just a resource; it's our responsibility to protect it for future generations.

Leadership in agriculture means having the courage to plant seeds whose harvest you may never see.

古今的变化，不是改变其根本道理，而是改变其方法。