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.

唯一能让你成为赢家的是你的态度。

我不希望她们[女性]对男性拥有权力，而是对她们自己拥有权力。

The dream of every dictator is to turn his country into a prison without walls.

宇宙是一个充满惊喜的地方，我们才刚刚开始理解它的奥秘。

在个体中，疯狂是罕见的；但在团体、党派、国家和时代中，它却是常规。

The only productive way to answer “what should I do now？” is to first tackle the question of “who should I become？”

译文：人情世故就像流水一样有高下之别，世事就像白云一样卷起展开，变化无常。赏析：我们在社会上立足，总会遇到这样或那样的糟心事和烦心人，但和生命健康比起来，这些不算什么。世事无常，人情淡薄，我们顺其自然即可。