计算机科学中的挑战不仅仅是解决问题，而是理解为什么它们首先是问题。

我不是在追赶潮流，我只是想做让人感觉舒服的音乐。

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.

当你有一个好的研究设计时，数据会自己说话。

顾客的信任来之不易，却容易失去——要极力守护它。

永远不要做房间里最聪明的人。如果你是，我建议你邀请更聪明的人或换个房间。

The act of writing is an act of optimism. You would not take the trouble to do it if you felt it didn't matter.