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.

真正的林业领导力意味着在经济增长和生态管理之间取得平衡。

最好的领导者是那些激励他人做到最好的人。

言语当然是人类使用的最强效的药物。

无畏不是没有恐惧。不是完全不害怕。无畏是有恐惧。无畏是有怀疑。很多怀疑。无畏是尽管有这些，依然每天生活。

在商业中，就像在生活中一样，关系是一切的基础。

The only way to live is to accept the unacceptable.