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.

对于非凡的主张，证据的分量必须与其奇特程度成正比。

Architecture must be rooted in the past but look towards the future.

成功的关键在于在别人看到随机性的地方找到模式。

——《驳保皇报书》，1904年1月

The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter.

如果没有目标，分析就是漫无目的、一文不值的。