"La literatura no es un espejo de la realidad, sino un martillo con el que darle forma."

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.

All I can do is follow my instincts, because I'll never please everyone.

程序最重要的属性是它是否实现了用户的意图。

The more personal you are, the more universal you become.

创新不仅仅是技术的问题；它关乎我们思考和运营方式的改变。

函数是一种对应规则，通过它当给定任何东西（作为参数）时，可以获得另一个东西（该参数的函数值）。

在每个角色中，都有我的一部分，而在我身上，也有我扮演过的每个角色的一部分。