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.

I don't care what people say about me, I know who I am.

大脑是一台神奇的织布机，数百万闪烁的梭子编织着不断消解的模式。

Writing is the only way I know how to live twice.

生与死的界限至多是模糊不清的。谁能说一个在哪里结束，另一个在哪里开始？

和那些挑战你的人在一起，而不是只会附和你的人。

译文：早知道人生像场大梦，何必被虚名束缚住自己。

企业的目的是通过创新和价值创造来改善他人的生活。