我开始相信，一位伟大的教师是一位伟大的艺术家，而且像其他伟大的艺术家一样稀少。教学甚至可能是最伟大的艺术，因为媒介是人的思想和精神。

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.

我写作是为了弄清楚我在想什么。

Discovery is not a straight path; it’s full of twists and surprises.

Animal welfare isn't just ethics—it's good science and good business.

建筑不是为了富人或名人建造什么，而是为了提高每个人的生活质量。