——1963年6月25日在西德市政厅柏林墙前的演说

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. 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.

最重要的是讲一个好故事。其他一切都是次要的。

挑战是创新和成长的机遇。

Every role is a new journey, a new opportunity to learn something about life and about myself.

We must think beyond our own lifetimes when it comes to energy.

人们较易于受邪恶的摆布胜于受道德的约束。

The future we want must be invented. Otherwise we will get one which we don't want.

True success is measured by the positive impact you have on others.