伟大是许多小事做得好，日复一日。

入门统计学课本一开始讲的几个要点之一，就是相关性不是因果性。这也是最先被忘记的要点之一。

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.

勇气是人类最重要的一种特质，倘若有了勇气，人类其他的特质自然也就具备了。

变革的最大障碍不是技术；而是对离开熟悉事物的恐惧。