我认为重要的是要冒险，不要害怕失败。

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.

译文：不要仇恨眼前的田地很窄小，往后退一步它自然就会变得宽阔。赏析：我们做事不要只在乎眼前的利益，眼光要放长远一点，与人打交道，学会礼让，自然就不会有矛盾发生。

I don't write songs, I write soundtracks.

To convince someone of the truth, it is not enough to state it, but rather it must be found.

布巴告诉过我所有和捕虾有关的事情，但你知道我有什么发现吗？捕虾很难的。我只捕到五只。