Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language.

今天就改变你的生活。不要赌未来，现在就行动，不要拖延。

把（春秋末期晋国豪富）韩魏两大家庭的财产附加给某个人，他仍然谦虚谨慎，那么他的品质就比一般人强太多了。

现在是过去的未来。

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.

Change is the only constant, and adaptability is the key to thriving.