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.

世界被创造出来是为了在一本美丽的书中终结。

出自北齐·颜之推《颜氏家训·勉学》。不得，不能、不可。雌黄，矿物名，可作颜料，古代用以涂改文字，后引申为信口更改、随便乱说。没有读够一定数量的书，对前人的见解没有彻底了解，是不能随便乱下结论、乱发议论的。书要多读、话要谨慎；应当谦虚向学，不可妄自尊大。

The past is always tense, the future perfect.

当我21岁的时候我的期望降低到零。从那以后每件事情对我来说都是意外的礼物。

The best way to write a program is to write it.