If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.

"The most important thing in filmmaking is to be true to your vision."

Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.

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.

Pity, or compassion, is an emotion equally natural to all men.

Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence and making sure that impact lasts in your absence.