"History is not what happened but what survives the shipwreck."
历史不是发生了什么，而是在沉船中幸存下来的东西。
The most important thing is to be true to yourself.
建筑应该属于它的时代，但不应该追求时尚。
I paint people not because of what they are like, not exactly in spite of what they are like, but how they happen to be.
Life is nasty, brutish, and short.
如果你输不起，你也赢不起。
做企业要像农民种地一样，脚踏实地，不能急功近利。
The strength of a company lies in its people.
但老人此时想到的只是掌舵和他自己极度的疲乏。他出海太远了，那些鲨鱼把他打败了。他知道那些鲨鱼除了大马林鱼的空骨架之外，是什么也不会给他留下的。