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.

站在路中间是很危险的，因为你会被从两个方向来的车辆撞倒。

I don't make music for the critics, I make it for the people who actually listen.

【译文】 孔子说：“君子有九种事情要考虑：看要考虑是否看清楚了、听要考虑是否听清楚了、脸色要考虑是否温和、表情要考虑是否谦恭、言谈时要考虑是否忠诚、工作时要考虑是否敬业、疑问时要考虑请教、愤怒时要考虑后患、见到好处时要考虑道义。”

We need to make sure that technology serves humanity, not the other way around.