The stories we tell ourselves shape who we become.

译文：即使是钝刀，也希望能有一次锋利的机会；梦想着施展抱负，实现宏伟的计划。

唯一真正的平等是在墓地里。

The sense of smell is directly connected to the emotional centers of the brain, which is why smells can evoke such strong memories.

写作的行为是对时间流逝的反抗。

天然气开采的创新是满足世界日益增长的能源需求的关键。

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.