激发更高尚的动机。 - 每日文摘

Quality should never be compromised, for it is the foundation of trust with our customers.

质量永远不应妥协，因为它是我们与客户之间信任的基础。

Man's freedom is his limitation.

落后国家与西方文明接触后会产生不满情绪，主要不是因为西方人的高压剥削所致，那毋宁是共同体的向心力被粉碎或削弱的结果。文明的西方世界把自我改善的观念带给了落后地区，但也因此带来了个人的失意感。西方带来的所有好处，都不足以替代过去传统农业社会带给人的庇护和安慰。哪怕一个西化的土著事业有成，他仍然会不快乐。他会感到赤裸裸和孤苦无依。现在出现在很多被殖民国家的民族主义运动，部分就是为了追求一种群体性的生活和摆脱西方的个人主义。

埃里克·霍弗

畏惧忍受痛苦比忍受痛苦本身更加糟糕。

保罗·科埃略

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.

数据库是企业中最重要的软件，而企业中最重要的软件是数据库。数据库是所有应用程序的基础。数据库是应用程序的心脏，而应用程序是业务的心脏。性能的关键是将热数据保存在内存中。数据库的未来在云端。数据是新的石油。它很有价值，但如果未经提炼，它就不能真正被使用。它必须被转化为气体、塑料、化学品等，以创造一个有价值的实体，推动有利可图的活动；所以数据必须被分解、分析，才能有价值。编程语言中最重要的东西是名字。没有好名字的语言不会成功。我最近发明了一个非常好的名字，现在我正在寻找一种合适的语言。预测未来的最好方法就是发明它。数据库中最重要的东西是数据模型。如果你把数据模型做对了，其他一切都会随之而来。数据库是企业中最重要的软件，而企业中最重要的软件是数据库。数据库是所有应用程序的基础。