如果打架不可避免，先动手为强。

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.

A story is never finished; it only stops.

Financial innovation is like fire - it can be very useful, but it needs to be contained.

每一个个体都很重要，每一个个体都有自己的角色，每一个个体都能带来改变。

最好的剪辑是那些你注意不到的剪辑。

The uniform， constant， and uninterrupted effort of every man to better his condition， the principle from which public and national as well as private opulence is originally derived.