To be cliché, death is a part of life and it's going to happen to all of us. I have the blessing of getting a little bit of advance notice and I am able to optimize my use of time down the home stretch.

I was trying to put myself in a bottle that would one day wash up on the beach for my children. If I were a painter, I would have painted for them. If I were a musician, I would have composed music. But I am a lecturer. So I lectured.

Apologies are not pass/fail.

There are more ways than one to measure profits and losses.

Engineering isn't about perfect solutions; it's about doing the best you can with limited resources.

Everyone has to contribute to the common good. To not do so can be described in one word: selfish.

Earnestness is highly underestimated. It comes from the core, while hip is trying to impress you on the surface.