最好的报复就是巨大的成功。

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。

It's probably as unlikely that you would nowadays become as rich and famous as Bill Gates, as it was unlikely in the17th century that you would accede to the ranks of the French aristocracy. But the point is, it doesn't feel that way. It's made to feel, by magazines and other media outlets, that if you've got energy, a few bright ideas about technology, a garage -- you, too, could start a major thing.

进步既需要远见，也需要执行力。

Measuring the immeasurable requires not just technology, but imagination.

第一个错误的假设是质量意味着好、奢华、闪亮或重量。

力量在于平衡：我们既是我们的伤害，也是我们的成功。

最好的农民不仅仅是饲养动物，他们是在培育生态系统。

真正的艺术家总是在寻找生命的意义。