The greatest performance improvement of all is when a system goes from not working to working.

Everyone has a secret world inside of them. All of the people of the world, I mean. Everybody. No matter how dull and boring they are on the outside, inside them they've all got unimaginable, magnificent, wonderful, stupid, amazing worlds. Not just one world. Hundreds of them.

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

Girl talk is the best therapy

作家最伟大的工具不是笔，而是通过他人的眼睛看世界的能力。

The art of the past is being mystified because a privileged minority is striving to invent a history which can retrospectively justify the role of the ruling class.

Being different means you have something special to offer the world.