People are just as wonderful as sunsets if you let them be. When I look at a sunset, I don't find myself saying, "Soften the orange a bit on the right hand corner." I don't try to control a sunset. I watch with awe as it unfolds.

真相很少是纯粹的，也绝不简单。

阅读是所有学习的基础。

I believe in art as a form of education.

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.

Sustainability isn't just a buzzword; it's the foundation of responsible mining.

Art should be dangerous, like a knife in the dark.

生活是一系列的时刻，有些明亮，有些黑暗，但都是必不可少的。

The state is the most important institution in human society, and its strength or weakness is the key determinant of a society's success or failure.