The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago; the second-best time is now.

创新不是颠覆，而是让复杂的事情变简单。

好的研究关键不仅在于方法，还在于问题的清晰性和数据的质量。

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 world is full of poetry, but few have the eyes to see it.

Simplicity is not simple to achieve.

成功的代价是努力工作、专注于手头的任务，以及无论输赢都全力以赴的决心。