Fear is not the enemy. It is the refusal to face it that destroys us.

你以为这些永远不会发生在你身上，不可能发生在你身上，你是世界上唯一一个这些事都不会发生的人，然后，一件接一件，它们开始发生在你身上，就像发生在其他所有人身上一样。

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 sooner you start to code, the longer the program will take.

The most important thing for a leader is to have a clear vision and the ability to communicate it effectively to the team.

译文：祖国沉沦每个人都有责任，我在天涯漂泊没有家。