Cinema is a mirror by which we often see ourselves.

A miner’s helmet doesn’t just protect the head—it symbolizes the dignity of hard work.

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.

过去是你所记得的，想象你记得的，说服自己记得的，或假装记得的。

The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.

人都知道说话可以显示自己的优点，但不知说话谨慎可以培养德性；人都知道饮食可以有益生命，却不知节制饮食可以养生。