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.

A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.

Risk control is the lifeline of a bank.

Writing is a way of living life more intensely, of giving it more meaning.

Profitability and responsibility are not opposites; they are two sides of the same coin.

"The more we learn about life, the more we realize how much we have yet to discover."