Before I came here I was confused about this subject. Having listened to your lecture I am still confused. But on a higher level.

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.

迈克尔·斯通布雷克

生活就是关于时机。对的事情在错误的时间就是错的。

Life is about timing. The right thing at the wrong time is the wrong thing.

亚瑟小子

人心各异，梦境自然也不一样。可惜这梦，只有做梦的人，自己知道。

张恨水

我坚持我的立场，即使他给我十倍甚至二十倍的东西，再添上从别处所得的财富，比如奥尔科墨诺斯或埃及特拜的财宝。特拜城是人间最富有的一座城．拥有一百座大门，每座城门都冲出二百名武士，驾着战车，奔赴沙场！即使他的礼物像尘埃那般众多，也不能把我劝服。他必须对我所受的侮辱作出彻底的赔偿。

荷马

可持续性不是一种趋势，而是我们对后代的责任。

Sustainability isn't a trend; it's a responsibility we owe to future generations.

艾玛·史密斯

直到最近，我们所有的人工产品、所有的手工造物都仍然处在我们的威权之下。可是，由于我们在培育人工产品的同时，也培育出了合成的生命，因此，也预示着我们将丧失令行禁止的特权。老实说，所谓“失控”，是对未来的一种夸张描述。那些我们赋予了生命的机器还是会间接地接受我们的影响和指导，只不过脱离了我们的支配而已。