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.

作家在自己的国家必须是个陌生人。

善良一点，因为你遇到的每个人都在打一场艰苦的战斗。

解读：知晓道理容易，付诸实践却困难重重，很多人困于理论，缺乏行动力，知行脱节带来巨大的挫败感与自我怀疑，督促人行动起来。

要真正理解宇宙，我们必须首先理解构成它的最小粒子。

Give the pupils something to do, not something to learn; and the doing is of such a nature as to demand thinking; learning naturally results.

Sustainability is not a choice; it's an imperative for long-term success.