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.

【译文】《诗经》三百零五篇，用一句话概括它的全部内容，可以说是：思想纯洁，没有邪恶的东西。

通往善的道路就是通往真理的道路。

Literature is the art of turning pain into beauty.

"The truth is rarely pure and never simple."

If a listener nods his head when you're explaining your program, wake him up.

歌曲是一段旅程，每个听众都是旅行者。