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 greatest danger to our future is apathy.

A great biography should be like a portrait that captures both the light and the shadow.

Don't play a supporting role in someone else's dream; be the protagonist of your own life.

【译文】学者求学一定要务求实际，不要过早靠近名利才对。图片

We live in time—it holds us and moulds us—but I’ve never felt I understood it very well.

Ideas are like fish. If you want to catch little fish, you can stay in the shallow water. But if you want to catch the big fish, you've got to go deeper.