Time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by little wheels; only when the clock stops does time come to life.

规范是命令、允许或授权某种行为的行动的意义。

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.

思想开阔，才能包容天下的千山万壑；思想谦虚，才能接受天下的真知大德；思想平明，才能纵论天下的善恶得失；思想深沉，才能讨论天下的学说哲理；思想稳定，才能应付天下的风云变幻。

The truth is rarely pure and never simple.

Ninety-nine percent of the troubles that threaten our civilization come from too optimistic, therefore we should have a system where the accounting is a way more conservative.

The best way to solve a problem is to think about it in a different way.

I want to inspire people. I want someone to look at me and say, 'Because of you, I didn't give up.'