I feel like I'm waiting on something that isn't going to happen Don't complain; just work harder.

Never lose the childlike wonder. Show gratitude... Don't complain; just work harder... Never give up.

There's a limit to how many times you can read how great you are and what an inspiration you are, but I'm not there yet.

When there’s an elephant in the room introduce him.

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.

We don't beat the reaper by living longer, but by living well, and living fully - for the reaper will come for all of us. The question is: what do we do between the time we're born and the time he shows up.

Remember how quickly our field [computer science] changes. That's why you want to focus on learning things that don't change: how to work well with other people, how to carefully assess a client's real - as opposed to perceived - needs, and things like that.