绝不要和愚蠢的人争论，他们会把你拖到他们那样的水平，然后回击你。

数学中最深刻的思想往往源于最简单的观察。

真相常常隐藏在词语之间的空间里，在比任何声音都响亮的沉默中。

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. 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.

译文：学习不以广博为贵，贵在学得正确，说话不以漂亮动听为贵，贵在表达得当。赏析：读书求学要走正道，要有正确的学习观，不能学习旁门左道。和别人交往，说话不一定要动听，一定要正确表达，不要出口伤人。