We kid ourselves if we think that the ratio of procedure to data in an active data-base system can be made arbitrarily small or even kept small.
一本好书是最好的朋友，今天如此，永远如此。
The power of data lies in its ability to tell stories that numbers alone cannot convey.
格言是智慧耐用的替代品。
"The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame."
"In the study of algorithms, we often find that the most efficient solutions are also the most elegant."
We Irish are too poetical to be poets; we are a nation of brilliant failures, but we are the greatest talkers since the Greeks.
The most important thing in banking is to make sure that the bank doesn't fail.
