一.现在不是去想缺少什么的时候，该想一想凭现有的东西你能做什么。
二.Love means never having to say you ' re sorry
三.大马林鱼开始快速地围着小渔船游动，将缆绳缠绕到了桅杆上，老人右手高举着钢叉，在它跃出水面的一瞬间，竭尽全力地向它的心脏掷去，一声哀鸣结束了大鱼的生命，它静静地浮在水面上……
四.你杀死它是为了自尊心，因为你是个渔夫。它活着的时候你爱它，它死了你还是爱它。如果你爱它，杀死它就不是罪过。也许是更大的罪过吧？
五.一个鱼食送下四十英寸的深处，第二个鱼食送下七十五英寸的深处，第三个和第四个鱼使分别送到了大海下面一百英寸和一百二十五英寸的地方去了。
六.这本书讲了古巴的一个名叫桑地亚哥的老渔夫，独自一个人出海打鱼，在一无所获的天之后钓到了一条无比巨大的马林鱼。这是老人从来没见过也没听说过的比他的船还长两英尺的一条大鱼。鱼大劲也大，拖着小船漂流了整整两天两夜，老人在这两天两夜中经历了从未经受的艰难考验，终于把大鱼刺死，拴在船头。然而这时却遇上了鲨鱼，老人与鲨鱼进行了殊死搏斗，结果大马林鱼被鲨鱼吃光了，老人最后拖回家的只剩下一副光秃秃的鱼骨架和一身的伤。
七.“不过人不是为失败而生的”他说“一个人可以被毁灭但不能被打败”
八.这是老人没打到鱼以来的第天出海了。天气晴朗，海面平静。他向远海划去，决心冲破霉运，捕一条大鱼。他一面划船，一面与大海鱼海鸟交谈，自孩子曼诺林离开他以后，他便养成了这种自言自语的习惯。
九.不过话得说回来没有一桩事是容易的
一零.Land is the only thing in the world worth working for worth fighting for worth dying for because it’s the only thing that lasts
一一.But a man is not made for defeat A man can be destroyed but not defeated
一二.但是这些伤疤中没有一块是新的。它们象无鱼可打的沙漠中被侵蚀的地方一般古老。他身上的一切都显得古老，除了那双眼睛，它们象海水一般蓝，是愉快而不肯认输的。
一三.在某种意义上，所有事物都在互相残杀。捕鱼就是要了我的老命，可是它同时也养活我。
一四.人的生活里，有亲人之间的爱，有朋友之间的爱，有情人之间的爱，但爱的最高境界，莫过于超越民族，超越国籍的爱。 生活的全部意义在于无穷地探索尚未知道的东西，在于不断地增加更多的知识。 尘世（查看全文）
一五.这两个肩膀挺怪，人非常老迈了，肩膀却依然很强健，脖子也依然很壮实，而且当老人睡着了，脑袋向前耷拉着的时候，皱纹也不大明显了。
一六.it was considered a virtue not to talk unnecessarily at sea and the old man had always considered it so and respected it but now he said his thoughts aloud many times since there was no one that they could annoy 可以想象品德在海里就不必要说起了，而老人以前却总是思考著，尊敬著它。可是现在，自从没有了一个可能打搅的人，他就把那些想法高声的说出来，好多次。
一七.His shirt had been patched so many times that it was like the sail and the patches were faded to many different shades by the sun
一八.Now is no time to think of what you do not have Think of what you can do with what there is
一九.my big fish must be somewhere 一定有属於我的大鱼在什麽地方等著。
二零.Butthennothing is easy
二一.But none of these scars were fresh They were as old as erosions in a fishless desert Everything about him was old except his eyes and they were the same color as the sea and were cheerful and undefeated
二二.一个人并不是生来要给打败的，……你尽可把他消灭掉，可就是打不败他。
二三.每一天都是一个新的日子走运当然是好不过我情愿做到分毫不差这样运气来的时候你就有所准备了
二四.It is silly not to hope he thought
二六.每样东西都会杀死别的东西，只不过方式不同罢了。
二七.But none of these scars were freshThey were as old as erosions in a fishless desertEverything about him was old except his eyes and they were the same color as the sea and were cheerful and undefeated
二八.Tell our enemies that they may take our lives but they'll never take our Freedom!
二九.第三天，鱼开始打转儿，这是较量即将结束的迹象。鱼露出水面，老人努力将它拽近些，再拽近些。他忍住一切疼痛，使出全身力气，将鱼叉干净利落地扎进鱼腰。大鱼很快在挣扎中死去，老人将它捆在船边，开始返航。
三零.渔民桑提阿果老了，运气也糟透了。天以来，他天天出海，却又天天空船而归，连他的帆看上去都像是一面“标志着老打败仗的旗子”。他的老伴死了，以前跟他打鱼的小孩曼诺林也在父母的强迫下，到其他船帮忙去了。但曼诺林很尊重老人，每见老头回来，总要走下岸去，帮他收拾钓丝鱼钩鱼叉什么的。
三一.陆地上空的云块这时候像山冈般耸立着海岸只剩下一长条绿色的线背后是些灰青色 一个人并不是生来要给打败的你尽可以把它消灭掉可就是打不败他r
三二.风在不住地吹，稍微转到东北方去，他知道这就是说风不会减退了。老头儿朝前面望了一望，但是他看不见帆，看不见船，也看不见船上冒出的烟。只有飞鱼从船头那边飞出来，向两边仓皇地飞走，还有一簇簇黄色的马尾藻。他连一只鸟儿也看不见。
三三.他的衬衫上不知打了多少次补丁，弄得象他那张帆一样，这些补丁被阳光晒得褪成了许多深浅不同的颜色。
三四.Death is just a part of life something we're all destined to do
三五.The thousand times that he had proved it meant nothing Now he was proving it again Each time was a new time and he never thought about the past when he was doing it 他证明了一千次这不意味着什么。现在他再次证明这。每一次都是一个新的时间，他从来没有想过去当他做了它。
三六.Now is no time to think of what you do not haveThink of what you can do with what there is
三七.the water was a dark blue now so dark that it was almost purple 如今的海水是深蓝色的，深到几乎成了紫色。
三八.In spite of you and me and the whole silly world going to pieces around us I love you —— Gone with The Wind
三九.it is what a man must do 这是一个男子汉所应该做的。
四零.most people are heartless about turtles because a turtle’s heart will beat for hours after he has been cut up and butchered but the old man thought i have such a heart too and my feet and hands are like theirs 大多数人对待(海龟甲鱼之类的动物吧很冷酷无情，因为海龟的心会在它身体被剖开和屠杀时，被时光打败。(此句照应“a man can be destroyed but not defeated ” “一个人可以被毁灭但是不能被打倒!”
四一.They were strange shoulders still powerful although very old and the neck was still strong too and the creases did not show so much when the old man was asleep and his head fallen forward
四二.“But a man is not made for defeatA man can be destroyed but not defeated”
四三.I love waking up in the morning and not knowing what’s going to happen or who I’m going to meet where I’m going to wind up