The database is the most important piece of software in the enterprise, and the most important piece of software in the enterprise is the database. The database is the foundation of all applications. The database is the heart of the application, and the application is the heart of the business. The key to performance is to keep the hot data in memory. The future of databases is in the cloud. Data is the new oil. It's valuable, but if unrefined it cannot really be used. It has to be changed into gas, plastic, chemicals, etc to create a valuable entity that drives profitable activity; so must data be broken down, analyzed for it to have value. The most important thing in the programming language is the name. A language will not succeed without a good name. I have recently invented a very good name and now I am looking for a suitable language. The best way to predict the future is to invent it. The most important thing in a database is the data model. If you get the data model right, everything else will follow.

译文：悔悟是去除疾病的药，然而以改正错误为可贵，如果把悔悟滞留在心中，那么又会因为药而引发新的疾病。

我们并不因罪恶而受罚，而是罪恶本身会惩罚我们。

The story is not in the plot; the plot is the net you throw over the story to catch it.

对于只有一把锤子的人来说，每个问题看起来都像是钉子。

Anything is possible. Don’t put limits on yourself.

公司的价值观是指南针；没有它们，你只是在随波逐流。