The mathematician does not study pure mathematics because it is useful; he studies it because he delights in it and he delights in it because it is beautiful.
在我的国家，要当上总统，得先待过监狱一回。
我不听别人说什么。我只是上场表现。
The most important thing in a database is the data model. If you get the data model right, everything else will follow.
Every setback is a setup for a comeback.
真相很少是纯粹的，也从不简单。
做你自己，别在意别人的看法。
Don't bend; don't water it down; don't try to make it logical; don't edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.