成功是一种了不起的除臭剂，它能带走所有你过去的味道。

数据库是企业中最重要的软件，而企业中最重要的软件是数据库。数据库是所有应用程序的基础。数据库是应用程序的心脏，而应用程序是业务的心脏。性能的关键是将热数据保存在内存中。数据库的未来在云端。数据是新的石油。它很有价值，但如果未经提炼，它就不能真正被使用。它必须被转化为气体、塑料、化学品等，以创造一个有价值的实体，推动有利可图的活动；所以数据必须被分解、分析，才能有价值。

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.

迈克尔·斯通布雷克

有些鸟儿天生就是关不住的，它们的羽毛太鲜明，歌声太甜美、也太狂野了，所以你只能放它们走。

弗兰克·德拉邦特

我一生从不相信权力，只相信智慧。

沈从文

有人说，知识就是力量。对我来说，知识就是幸福。有了知识，你就可以区别真理和谬误，可以分清高尚与渺小。当你了解到各个时期人们的思想行为时，你就会对发展到今天的人类产生同情和亲近的感情。

海伦·凯勒

The number one organ of ridicule, nowadays, is the newspaper. If you open the newspaper any day of the week, it's full of people who've messed up their lives. They've slept with the wrong person, taken the wrong substance, passed the wrong piece of legislation -- whatever it is, and then are fit for ridicule. In other words, they have failed. And they are described as "losers." Now, is there any alternative to this? I think the Western tradition shows us one glorious alternative, which is tragedy.

今日世界上最会嘲笑人的便是报纸。每天我们打开报纸，都能看到那些把生活搞砸的人，他们与错误对象共枕，使用错误药物，通过错误法案种种，让人在茶余饭后拿来挖苦的新闻，这些人失败了，我们称他们为“失败者”，还有其它做法吗？西方传统给了我们一个光荣的选择，就是“悲剧”。

阿兰·德波顿

闻道郭西千树雪，欲将君去醉如何。

韩愈