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. 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.

争取在离世之前花光自己所有的钱。相比于给你的受益人，自己全部花光更有趣也更有意义。你填的最后一张支票应该是给殡仪馆，还应该拒付。

A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.

我不在乎人们是否喜欢我的作品，我在乎他们是否感受到什么。

建筑必须服务于人，而不是支配人。