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.

译文：敬重他人，就是尊重自己；依靠自己，胜过依赖他人。赏析：爱人者，人恒爱之，敬人者，人恒敬之。要想得到别人的尊重，我们首先学会尊重别人。靠人不如靠己，求人不如求己。与其把希望寄托于他人，不如自己脚踏实地，努力拼搏。

心理学研究的正确方向是行为的预测和控制。

"Approximation algorithms are a testament to the power of compromise in achieving practical solutions."

The concept of reducibility is central to understanding the relationships between different computational problems.