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.

追求真理是一场永无止境的旅程，而非终点。

对地球最大的威胁是认为别人会拯救它的想法。

我的目标很简单。那就是完全理解宇宙，为什么它是这样的，以及它为什么存在。

The deterioration of a government begins almost always by the decay of its principles.

The best safety protocol is a culture where every worker looks out for each other.

Hope is what enables us to keep going in the face of adversity.

You have to work hard to get what you want.

生命短暂，让它变得甜蜜取决于你。

I find myself always worrying about tomorrow...Then when tomorrow becomes today, I start worrying about tomorrow again...