永远不要忘记你是一个独一无二的存在，你的存在本身就是一种奇迹。
Never forget that you are a unique existence; your existence itself is a miracle.
"Writing is a way of talking without being interrupted."
艺术的恐怖之处在于你不知道它会把你带向何方。
The future of the world lies in the cities of the Third World.
个人行为并非为了最大化独立存在的效用函数。
悔恨自己的错误，而且力求不再重蹈覆辙，这才是真正的悔悟。
人活着，就应该坦坦荡荡，明明白白，无所愧疚。
A poet's work is to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world, and stop it going to sleep.
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. 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.
这句话杨在不同场合说过多次，每次表述时可能有个别字的差异。
Success is not about the money or fame, it's about doing what you love.