In a way, I've got some bad news, particularly to anybody who's come to Oxford from abroad. There's a real problem with snobbery, because sometimes people from outside the U.K. imagine that snobbery is a distinctively U.K. phenomenon, fixated on country houses and titles. The bad news is that's not true. Snobbery is a global phenomenon; we area global organization, this is a global phenomenon. What is a snob? A snob is anybody who takes a small part of you, and uses that to come to a complete vision of who you are. That is snobbery.

The future belongs to those who see possibilities before they become obvious.

To write is to choose between silence and lies.

创新不仅仅是技术的问题；它关乎改变人们的思维和行为方式。

The evolution of database technology is a journey, not a destination. We must continue to innovate and adapt.

The only thing that separates us from the animals is our ability to accessorize.

To make mistakes is human. To own your mistakes is divine. Nothing elevates a person higher than quickly admitting and taking personal responsibility for the mistakes you make and then fixing them fairly. If you mess up， fess up. It’s astounding how powerful this ownership is.

To compete globally, we must first master the basics and then aim for breakthroughs.

The mathematician does not study pure mathematics because it is useful; he studies it because he delights in it and he delights in it because it is beautiful.