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 truth is rarely pure and never simple.

未来不是现在提供的替代路径中选择的结果，而是一个被创造的地方——首先在思想和意志中创造，然后在活动中创造。

There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor.

I'm the reason your car won't start.