最伟大的定理往往始于简单的猜想，源于直觉。
The greatest theorems often start as simple conjectures, born out of intuition.
You are the artist of your own life.
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. 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.
永远不要停止学习；当你认为自己无所不知的那天，就是你开始落后的那天。
环境对不同观察者会显得不同，这取决于他们准备看到什么。
创新不是对每件事都说“是”，而是对除最关键功能外的一切说“不”。
长期拥有股票市场是赢家的游戏，但试图击败市场是输家的游戏。
一个国家制度的强度不仅在于其正式规则，还在于管理行为的非正式规范以及这些规范被人口内化的程度。