Be good at something. It makes you valuable. Have something to bring to the table, because that will make you more welcome.

Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good talks. But being considered the best speaker in the computer science department is like being known as the tallest of the Seven Dwarfs.

it make no sense to talk about rights without also talking about responsibilities

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

I am going to keep having fun every day I have left, because there is no other way of life. You just have to decide whether you are a Tigger or an Eeyore.

Call home at least once a week. It's a proven fact that we call home less the older we get. And that's wrong. It should be the other way around. As we get older, our parents get older.

No matter how bad things are, you can always make things worse. At the same time, it is often within your power to make them better