I never try to predict the market; I just try to be prepared for whatever it does.

幸福的秘密在于看到世界上的所有奇迹，并且永远不要忘记勺子上的油滴。

做数学就是探索一个无限的思想景观。

There are two freedoms - the false, where a man is free to do what he likes; the true, where he is free to do what he ought.

You don’t get another chance, life is no Nintendo game.

Success is a journey, not a destination.

Success in farming comes from understanding both the land and the market.

生命的最大用途是将其用于一些将超越它的事物。

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. 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.

写作对我来说就像呼吸一样——我必须靠它生存。