不要拘泥于文字而误解词句，也不要拘泥于个别词句而误解作品完整的意思；能以自己的切身体会去推测作者的本意，这才是懂得了阅读作品的正确方法。

I hope that the Pacific Ocean is as blue as I dreamed I was.

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. The future of databases is in the cloud.

最伟大的建筑源于必要性。

The investor's chief problem - and even his worst enemy - is likely to be himself.

In fiction, the truth is often more believable than fact.

解释：最上等的是树立德行，其次是建立功业，再次是创立学说，虽然逝去但业绩长存，这就叫做不朽。