The balance between production and conservation is delicate, but achievable.

The writer must be a defender of the individual against the collective.

我们需要关注政策的实际结果，而不仅仅是其预期效果。

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 way we communicate with others and with ourselves ultimately determines the quality of our lives.

A fisherman’s wisdom is as valuable as any scientist’s data.

浪费是设计缺陷，而不是不可避免的结果。