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.

Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness.

The personal is political.

危险的人是只有一个想法的人，因为他会为之战斗和牺牲。

每个政府的衰败都始于其建立时的原则的腐化。

I used to think the world was broken down by tribes. Then I thought it was broken down by rich and poor. Then I thought it was broken down by stupid and smart. But I know now that it is broken down by people who are alive and people who are dead.