We kid ourselves if we think that the ratio of procedure to data in an active data-base system can be made arbitrarily small or even kept small.

我是我自己的实验，我是我自己的艺术品。

I'm not a rapper, I'm a Russian legend.

People are just as wonderful as sunsets if you let them be. When I look at a sunset, I don't find myself saying, 'Soften the orange a bit on the right hand corner.' I don't try to control a sunset. I watch with awe as it unfolds.

最大的悲剧是普通人的悲剧。