注：上世纪七十年代末，面对美国不断飙升的通胀，时任美联储主席保罗·沃尔克疯狂加息，成功击退了高通胀，但也造成了衰退。

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.

Never a failure, always a lesson.

生产的最终条件是生产条件的再生产。

诗歌应当以优美的丰盈而非奇特来使人惊喜——它应当让读者觉得表达了他自己最高尚的思想，几乎像是一种回忆。

艺术应该打扰舒适的人，安慰被困扰的人。