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.

天子认为对的未必对，天子认为错的未必错。

你能做的最好的投资就是投资自己。

我们曾许下这样的诺言：不作恶。我要让我的公司去做对用户、对顾客、对所有人有利的事情。所以，如果我们能坚守这个诺言，我们就能做出一番有益的成就。

衡量一家矿业公司的真正标准不是它的股价，而是它的管理责任。

技术成功的真正标准是它如何赋予人们力量，而不仅仅是在基准测试中的表现。