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.

奖赏不正确，没有鼓励作用；施刑不正确，也起不到惩戒作用。

The brain caps off its second and last growth spurt in your 20s as it rewires itself for adulthood.

The novel is a mirror carried along a high road.

生活充满不确定性，而这正是它有趣的地方。

任何白痴都能面对危机；磨损人的是日复一日的生活。